We are pleased to welcome Charley Gibney to the web and application development team. Charley (pronouns: she, her, hers & they, them, theirs) earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and philosophy from Gordon College, and a Master of Studies in creative writing from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining the IT team … Continue reading “New Staff Addition: Charley Gibney”
Harvard preferred manufacturers are currently experiencing a 4 week lead time on our recommended computer model orders due to increased demand and logistical constraints related to COVID-19. We are working with them on improving the lead time and fulfilling your orders as quickly as possible.
Before joining Harvard, Khaled worked as a Web Developer for the IT Department at Cornell University. His most recent project there was remediating digital accessibility issues on the university top 32 web sites. Khaled is a graduate of Monmouth College, where he earned a B.S. in Computer Science. He lived in Chicago for a while … Continue reading “New Staff Addition: Khaled Arnaout”
We are pleased to welcome James Nicholson to the Department of Information Technology as a Senior Web and Application Developer. James will be a member of the Web and Application Development team working on web development, online applications support and digital accessibility. Before joining Harvard, he worked at Stanford University as an IT Systems Analyst … Continue reading “New Staff Addition: James Nicholson”
UPDATE, 10:15 am: Issue resolved UPDATE, 9:45 am: ETA to resolution is 11:00 AM Printing in the school instructional computing facilities (ICF) is currently out of service to all users. System administrators are working to resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and will update this announcement as progress is made to resolve the issue. … Continue reading “RESOLVED: ICF Lab Printing Outage”
The Department of Information Technology is proud to announce the release of the 2017 Take the Stairs campaign, in conjunction with the EcoOpportunity team. This marks the 8th year for the competition. Over that time, the system has gone through multiple design and functionality changes while increasing user base each year. We are confident this … Continue reading “Take the Stairs University”
UPDATE, 7/20/2016: All systems are updated and fully operational. The Department of Information Technology is writing to inform you of a myHarvardChan system outage that will take place from Thursday, July 14 at 7:00pm to Wednesday, July 20 at 10:00am. During this maintenance window, we will implement changes to prepare for the launch of the … Continue reading “myHarvardChan Maintenance: July 14 – July 20”
UPDATE, 7/15/2016: All upgrades were successful and systems are fully operational. Thursday, July 14th, we will be performing our normal monthly system maintenance to all servers and network gear. 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 … Continue reading “Server and Network Maintenance Thursday Night, 7/14/2016 from 7PM to 1AM”
Our security officer, Andy Ross, recently gave a talk about the use of 2-factor authentication with Duo and strong password management with LastPass. Click on the following link to review his slides.
Update: All updates were successful and all systems are fully functional. Thursday, February 11th, we will perform normal monthly system maintenance to all servers and network gear. 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 … Continue reading “Server and Network Maintenance Thursday Night, 02/11/2016 from 7PM to 1AM”
