Previous News

2008

• Shut down computers for winter break, Rice News, 12/15/08
• Nov. 14 Web Forum to look at creating marketing campaigns, Rice News, 11/04/08
• Remember to change clocks, passwords, Rice News, 10/30/08
• IT makes IPs private to prevent phishing, hacking, the Rice Thresher, 10/03/08
• Power of planning key to IT survival, Rice News, 09/18/2008
• Rice ranks 14th among nation's most wired universities, the Rice Thresher, 09/12/08
• Princeton Review: Rice among nation's most 'wired' campuses, Rice News, 09/08/08
• Rice Webmail upgraded, the Rice Thresher, 09/05/08
• Rice makes PC Mag's 'Top 20 Wired Colleges' list, Rice News, 09/05/08
• Phishing scams intensify, the Rice Thresher, 08/22/2008
• IT self-help page introduced, the Rice Thresher, 08/22/2008
• People, Papers and Presentations, Rice News, 07/25/08
• Two technology vendors provide new equipment to Rice, Rice News, 07/25/08
• Whitaker Scholars program puts MBA in reach of Rice employees, Rice News, 07/24/08
• Latest phishing scam masquerades as Rice University management, Rice News, 07/18/08
• Taking the 'A' out of Asynchronous, Campus Technology, 07/01/08
  
• IT debuts new self-service page, Rice News, 06/12/08
• Phishing scam gets Rice e-mail blacklisted, Rice News, 06/05/2008
• Selfhelp for avoiding phishing, the Rice Thresher, 08/22/2008
• Grand Ideas, Small Buildings, Houston Chronicle, 05/12/2008
• Don't reveal passwords, Rice News, 05/01/08
• Backup server brought online after crash, the Rice Thresher, 04/18/08
• Barry Ribbeck interviewed about Rice's emergency notification system (WMP link), Dateline Rice, 03/26/08
• Do not reveal Rice passwords to anyone, Rice News, 03/05/08
• Southwest Regional Educause Conference Presentations, 02/20/08
  • Creating and Running a Successful On-Campus Cost-Recovery Technology Solution Department by Jeff Frey
  • OWL-Space: Open Source Teaching, Learning, and Collaboration at Rice University by Carlos Solis, Angela Rabuck, Mustansar Mehmood
  • Rice's Three-in-One Wiki by Carlyn Chatfield, Katy McKinin, Niki Serakiotou, Dean Lane
  • Connecting with Students: New Tactics to Improve Communication by Liz Brigman, Carlyn Chatfield
  • Curbside Therapy: Recognizing the Signs for an Access Management Strategy by Barry Ribbeck
• Net@edu Annual Meeting, Educause, 02/14/08
• Podcasting and Education interview with Jeff Frey, Campus Technology, 01/16/08

2007

• Employees receive special recognition from trustees, Rice News, 12/20/2007
• Barry Ribbeck presents "Identity and Acess Management - Understanding IAM," Campus Technology, 12/10-12 2007
• Rice launches new web site design, Rice News, 12/07/2007
• Carlos Solis, Angela Rabuck, and Mustansar Mehmood present "OPEN-CLE: Sakai integration with federated repositories", Sakai Conference, 12/06/2007
• Doug Killgore Teaches "Shooting and Producing a Documentary", Continuing Studies, Fall 2007
• Jeff Frey interviewed "Web Accessibility Podcast", WebAxe, 11/25/2007
• "RSS" presented by Krystal Bivens, Chris Pound, & Jeff Frey, Rice Web Forum, 11/09/2007
• Jeff Frey teaches "50 Useful Activities on the Web", Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, 11/08/2007-12/06/2007
• "The Why and How of Educational Institution Podcasting" presented by Jeff Frey, GHEC, 11/01/2007
• Taking a Bigger Byte, Sallyport, Fall 2007
• Andrea Martin and Geneva Henry present "Archiving the Institution's Web Site: Whose Job Is It Anyway?", Educause, 10/25/2007
• Barry Ribbeck presents "Identity Management", Educause, 10/25/2007
• Barry Ribbeck speaks at the Net@EDU Identity Management Working Group (Open Meeting), Educause, 10/24/2007
• Wolfram demonstrates updated software, Rice News, 10/18/2007
• Spiro, Solis to speak at technology brown bag, Rice News, 10/18/2007
• Information Technology establishes new mailing list, Rice News, 10/18/2007
• After Va. Tech, Campuses Rush to Add Alert Systems (subscription required), The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/5/2007
• Green IT Initiatives on Campus, Campus Technology, 10/04/2007
• IT policy prohibits illegal downloading, Rice News, 9/27/2007
• mtvU to be Added to Campus TV Listings, Thresher, 9/21/2007
• BitTorrent sites banned by Rice IT, Thresher, 9/21/2007
• Weekly OWL-Space training available, Rice News, 9/13/2007
• IT offers new discounts, Rice News, 9/13/2007
• New Web sites to improve communication, Rice News, 9/13/2007
• IT Changes Unnecessary, Rice Thresher, 9/7/2007
• SCCs to Replace CCAs as Student Computing Aides, Thresher, 9/7/2007
• New alert system uses e-mail, phone, text messaging, Rice Thresher, 8/24/07
• Change the World with Your Computer, Sallyport, Summer '07
• Living with Information Technology, Rice News, 8/15/07
• IT needs new recruits, Rice News, 8/08/07
• Rice wins Campus Technology award, Rice News, 08/02/2007
• August 2007 Innovative Technology recognition by Campus Technology magazine, Campus Technology, 08/01/2007
• Change passwords before classes begin, Rice News, 08/01/2007
  
• Walters named Rice's new vice provost and university librarian, Rice News, 07/20/2007
• Rice needs emergency communication info from students, staff and faculty,Rice News, 07/20/2007
• Technology Marketplace sports new look, Rice News, 07/06/2007
• Wait on that iPhone, Rice News, 6/27/2007
• New 'how to' IT pages posted, Rice News, 06/19/2007
• Angela Rabuck and Mustansar Mehmood present "Open-CLE: An Open-Standars-Based Collaboration and Learning Environment", Sakai Conference, 06/13/2007
• IT and FE&P launch a system to improve work-order processing, Rice News, 6/07/2007
• Five Steps to Superior Passwords, Rice News, 5/24/2007
• Protect Rice from Data Theft Today, Rice News, 5/24/2007
• Rice videos win awards at WorldFest - Houston, Rice News, 5/04/2007
• Barry Ribbeck conducted a seminar at the Educause & Internet2 Security Professionals Conference, Educause, 4/10/07
• Rice mourns loss of student, Rice News, 4/02/2007
• The why and how of Podcasting, Rice News, 3/15/2007
• Kamran Khan presents on higher education IT and collaborative initiatives, Educause, 2/23/2007
• Barry Ribbeck presents on the InCommon Federation and single sign-on systems at the Educause Southwest Regional Conference, Educause, 2/23/2007
• Jeffrey Frey presents on podcasting at the Educause Southwest Regional Conference, Educause, 2/22/2007
• Barry Ribbeck presents on access management problems at the Educause Southwest Regional Conference, Educause, 2/22/2007
• Carlyn Chatfield and Andrea Martin present on marketing and communication at the Educause Southwest Regional Conference, Educause, 2/22/2007
• Hubert Daugherty, Susan McClure, and Barry Ribbeck present on Rice's approach to enterprise storage at the Educause Southwest Regional Conference, Educause, 2/22/2007
• Rick Peterson and Marc Scarborough present on PDAs and their integration into enterprise IT infrastructure at the Educause Southwest Regional Conference, Educause, 2/21/2007
• IT's Deigaard earns Elizabeth Gillis Award for commitment, leadership, Rice News, 2/15/2007
• Owlspace has potential as campus panacea, Rice Thresher, 02/09/2007
• Rice joins the World Community Grid:
  Rice News, 1/11/2007 | Channel 11, KHOU-TV, 1/9/200

2006

• Wired for Success, Rice News, 12/14/2006
  
• People, Papers, Presentations: Kamran Khan presents keynote address, Rice News, 12/14/2006
• Upgrade slated for Oracle Calendar, Rice News, 12/07/2006
• Note changes to calling Mexican phone numbers, Rice News, 12/07/2006
• IE7 not compatible with Millennium, Banner forms, Rice News, 12/07/2006
• Podcasting offers new avenue for reaching students, alumni, Rice News, 11/30/2006
• Rice 57th of 101 Best Practices (PDF), Campus Technology, 11/23/2006
• IT to no longer use McAfee VirusScan, Rice News, 11/9/2006
• Kamran Khan's Keynote, Rice News, 11/9/2006
• Forum on writing for the Web set for Nov. 3, Rice News, 10/26/2006
• Solaris operating system boot camp at Rice, Rice News, 10/26/2006
• IT Tech Fair Oct. 19, Rice News, 10/12/2006
• National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Rice News, 10/12/2006
• IBM Collaborates with Rice in Shared University Research Project, News Release, 10/06/2006
  
• IBM awards Rice $700k for shared university research project, Rice News, 10/06/2006
• Test Drive the new Web Portal, Rice News, 10/05/2006
• Rice Web forums return; Computers used for illegal downloading may be quarantined, Rice News, 09/14/06
• Kamran Khan elected chair for Operations and Services of LEARN, Rice News, 09/07/06
• Large recall of laptop batteries might affect some campus computers, Rice News, 09/07/2006
• 700 students register on improved network, Rice Thresher, 09/01/2006
• Free training for new course management tool, Rice News, 08/24/2006
• Film collection produced by IT offers glimpse of Rice's history, Rice News, 08/24/06
• Supercomputer open for faculty, Rice News, 06/29/2006
• IT summer upgrades to speed up network, Rice Thresher, 05/19/2006
• Email system nears capacity, Rice Thresher, 04/21/2006
• Board approves funding for new Data Center, Rice News, 04/20/2006
• Rice University enters licensing agreement with Microsoft, Rice News, 04/13/2006
• IT unveils new suite of services, Rice News, 03/23/2006
• Bill Klemm, Rick Peterson, & Barry Ribbeck present at EDUCAUSE conference, Rice News, 03/23/06
• SSL-only to be activated March 1, News Release, 03/01/2006
  
• Information Technology's Chee takes home employee award, Rice News, 02/23/2006
• Barry Ribbeck's "Identity and Access Management for Medical Applications", Rice News, 02/23/2006
• Alumnus Ruiz discusses evolving markets, business strategies, Rice News, 02/23/2006
• IT offers new instructional technology tool OWL-Space, Rice News 02/16/2006
• Outage well handled, Rice Thresher, 02/10/2006
• Campus power outage causes little disruption, Rice Thresher, 02/10/2006
• IT Student Survey Results Summary, 02/06/2006
• Campus Briefs: More Storage, Fewer Silos, Campus Technology 2/03/06
  
• Top 10 things everyone can do to help Rice conserve energy, Rice News, 1/26/2006
• IT Faculty Survey Results Summary, 01/06/2006

2005

• Power supply units destroyed in surge, Rice Thresher, 10/26/2005
• October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Rice News, 10/13/2005
• Server outages disrupt e-mail, Rice Thresher, 09/30/2005
• IT: Keep more staff on campus during crises, Rice Thresher, 09/30/2005
• Dalai Lama and other appearances available on Web, Rice News, 09/22/2005
• New Network Project aims to improve IT for the future of Rice, Rice News, 09/01/2005
• IT upgrades allow for e-mail aliases, Rice Thresher, 08/19/2005
• Board approves funds for campus network, Rice News, 5/5/2005
• Rice invited to join prestigious New Media Consortium, Rice News, 05/5/2005
• IT Help is on the job, Rice News, 04/28/2005
• Anti-spam tool looks promising, Rice News, 04/14/2005
• Faculty should request fall software by April 8, Rice News, 04/7/2005
• Advisory committee guides technology priorities, Rice News, 03/31/2005
• Capturing the Classroom, Rice News, 03/24/2005
• Getting the most from your e-mail filters and groups, Rice News, 02/24/2005
• IT now offers blogs for Rice community, Rice News, 02/10/2005
• Forums give attention to new tech developments, Rice News, 02/10/2005
• Dr. Problem retires, IT Help arrives to help Rice computers, Rice News, 02/03/2005
• IT reaches out, seeks input through discussion forums; simple measures can keep computer viruses away, Rice News, 01/27/2005
• IT's bountiful Marketplace has new address on the Web, Rice News, 01/13/2005

2004

• Driving Us Crazy: Ruminations on the aging of information in the information age, Sallyport, Winter 2004
• Khan Named New Vice Provost for Information Technology, Sallyport, Spring 2004
• New centralized university events calendar, Rice News, 12/16/2004
• IT's Eric Aune recognized with service award, Rice News, 12/16/2004
• You can get there from here: Accessing the online resources of Fondren Library, Rice News, 12/09/2004
• Who needs to apply for the new dial-up account?, Rice News, 12/09/2004
• IT working to stop the invasion of spam, Rice News, 11/18/2004
• IT offers faculty, staff digital media services to go, Rice News, 11/11/2004
• Plug in to IT offerings at Tech Fair, Rice News, 11/11/2004
• Spyware a sneaky, performance-hindering pest, Rice News, 11/04/2004
• Back it up!, Rice News, 10/28/2004
• Students admit to stealing router, Rice Thresher, 10/22/2004
• Internet down for three hours, Rice Thresher, 10/22/2004
• Update Computer Security; protection against computer security breaches, Rice News, 10/21/2004
• Technology Market place provides one-stop shopping, Rice News, 10/14/2004
• Rice commended at AIR-Houston Kickoff, Rice News, 10/14/2004
• IT seeks one-stop work order tracking, Rice News, 09/30/2004
• IT co-sponsors kickoff for Accessible Internet Rally (AIR), Rice News, 09/30/2004
• IT changes off-campus dialup service provider, Rice News, 09/23/2004
• IT Priority groups examine structure and goals, Rice News, 09/16/2004
• IT and HR hold job fair to fill open positions, Rice News, 09/16/2004
• IT reorganization emphasizes customer support, Rice News, 09/02/2004
• IT plans $10-$20 million improvements to campus network, Rice Thresher, 08/27/2004
• IT fights spam with special tool, Rice News, 08/26/2004
• Freshmen have difficulties creating Owlnet accounts, Rice Thresher, 08/20/2004
• IT seeks campus input on network redesign, Rice News, 07/29/2004
• New Banner account codes better track technology purchases, Rice News, 06/30/2004
• IT plans upgrades to campus-wide network, Rice News, 05/27/2004
• IT leader hits ground running, listening, Rice News, 05/06/2004
• IT seeks feedback on Student Computing Consultant program improvements, Rice Thresher, 04/02/2004
• Owlnet printer prices increase, Rice Thresher, 01/23/2004

2003

• AIR University Winners, Knowbility, 10/30/2003
  The Web Team's site design for rice.edu/IT won first place in the AIR-U competition for accessibility. Knowbility, a non-profit organization with a mission of "barrier-free IT," sponsors the Accessibility Internet Rally each fall with three competition categories: Formula I, Stock Car, and University. Rice won first place in the University category. Carlyn Chatfield is the IT Web Coordinator; Web Team members also include Liz Brigman, Rick Nelson, Simon Hogg and Frank Tamborello.
• Rice, Annenberg partner for teacher development, Rice News, 09/25/2003
• Consortium to Build Computing Grid across Texas, Sallyport, Spring 2003
• Capturing the Moment, Sallyport, Spring 2003