Department of Information Technology

News and Announcements

Maintenance Window: Thursday, June 13, 2013

UPDATE: all updates were successful and all systems are operating normally.

To all HSPH users,

This Thursday night, June 13, 2013, we will be performing our monthly system maintenance to all servers.

The maintenance window will last from 7PM to 1AM.

The following services will have one or two small outages:

You can continue to work, but may have brief pauses while services restart.

The following services will be unaffected during the maintenance window:

Thank you,
HSPH Department of Information Technology

Network Issue at Shattuck House

UDPATE: This issue was resolved on June 5 at 11:10 AM.

Shattuck House currently has no network access.

Comcast, the network service provider for Shattuck House, has determined that their fiber optic line servicing this building has been inadvertently cut by a road crew.

More updates to follow as we receive further information and an ETA for resolution.

 

Scheduled downtime of ALICE and MyHSPH on Saturday, June 8

The HSPH Department of Information Technology is writing to inform our community of a system outage scheduled for the ALICE and MyHSPH Student Information Systems (SIS) which will occur between 3:00PM and 10:00PM on Saturday, June 8th. 

This maintenance window will be used to perform our next set of upgrades to various components of our SIS.  Our continued upgrades allow us to keep features, functionality and security up to date.  The following systems will be affected:

  • MyHSPH portal
  • ALICE Self Service for Students and Faculty
  • Internet Native Banner (Administrative users)

You will still be able to access unaffected services such as email, course iSites, the HSPH Events calendar, NetStorage and more by visiting the current portal address:

https://my.sph.harvard.edu

If we are able to complete the work sooner than anticipated, we will notify all users when the systems are again available.

We appreciate your patience during this very important upgrade process.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Student Information Systems group at sis@hsph.harvard.edu

Thank you,
HSPH Department of Information Technology

Update Your iPhone or iPad for Better Performance

Both the HSPH Department of Information Technology and HUIT are recommending that all Apple iPhones and iPads running iPhone operating system (iOS) 6.1 or 6.1.1 upgrade their devices to the latest operating system as soon as possible to fix an interoperability issue between the device and Outlook/Exchange email.

A benefit of this upgrade is that users may see improved battery life once the update is applied.

More detailed information on the issue is available on the Apple and Microsoft support sites:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4532
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2814847

 

Commencement Webcast

The Department of Information Technology is pleased to partner with the Office for Students to webcast the following Commencement activities for friend and families that cannot make it to Boston:

Additionally at HSPH, we will be broadcasting Harvard’s morning ceremony for those that cannot make it to Cambridge or do not have tickets.  The video will be available in:

  • FXB G03, G10, G11, G12 and G13

View slideshow from 2012 commencement!

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HSPH’s second edX/HarvardX course begins tomorrow

HSPH’s second edX/HarvardX course, PH278x – Human Health and Global Environmental Change, begins tomorrow, Wednesday May 15th, at 12 pm.

About the Course
“One of the greatest challenges of our time is to address global environmental changes, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, that may harm the health of billions of people worldwide. This class will examine these changes, their causes, as well as their health consequences, and engage students in thinking about their solutions. Those who earn a passing grade will get a certificate of mastery from HarvardX.”

Register
Sign up today!

Maintenance Window: Thursday, May 16th

To all HSPH users,

This Thursday night, May 19, 2013, we will be performing our monthly system maintenance to all servers.

The maintenance window will last from 7PM to 1AM.

The following services will have one or two small outages between 9-10pm:

  • ICF File and Print services

You can continue to work, but may have brief pauses while services restart.

The following services will have one or two small outages:

You can continue to work, but may have brief pauses while services restart.

The following services will be unaffected during the maintenance window:

Upcoming maintenance dates:

  • 6/13/2013
  • 7/11/2013
  • 8/18/2013 (note – moved to Sunday due to academic calendar)
  • 9/12/2013
  • 10/10/2013
  • 11/14/2013
  • 12/12/2013

Thank you,
HSPH Department of Information Technology

WordPress Training this Week!

The web team will host two WordPress workshops this week:

  • Introductory WordPress will be offered on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 10 am to 11 am in Kresge 213.
  • Advanced WordPress will be offered on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 10 am to 11 am in Kresge 213.

These sessions will help answer all of your questions about how to use WordPress to manage your HSPH site.  Come and meet the HSPH webteam!

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ALICE/MyHSPH Maintenance This Wednesday, May 8th

UPDATE: All upgrades were successful.

The Department of Information Technology will be performing important infrastructure maintenance work that will take place Wednesday, May 8th, on the ALICE and MyHSPH Student Information Systems (SIS). This work is part of our migration project to newly purchased back-end storage systems.

The work is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8th, from 9:30pm – 11:30pm. The following systems will be affected:

• MyHSPH Portal
• ALICE Self Service for Students and Faculty
• Internet-native Banner (Administrative users)

Please Note:
In an effort to minimize impact to your user community, we will maintain a landing page at the school’s portal address of https://my.sph.harvard.edu which will respond and will provide direct links to services such as Email, Netstorage for access to network files, and iSites for coursework, among others.

Thank you,
HSPH Department of Information Technology