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UIS Overhauls Campus Wi-Fi, University Printing

By Eitan Sayag March 19, 2013

University Information Services is in the final stages of overhauling Wi-Fi infrastructure for Georgetown’s 11,000 continuous Wi-Fi users while also evaluating an overhaul to printing on all three...

UIS to Reevaluate Blackboard

By Adam Bacigalupo October 12, 2012

In response to student comments on the university-wide forum IdeaScale, the administration is in the process of assessing Blackboard’s usefulness and discussing how to improve the online resource. According...

CIO Seeks Campus IT Updates

By Annie Chen September 21, 2012

The Information Technology Executive Steering Committee, a newly established group chaired by Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis, will seek to establish priorities for the development of new information...

Campus IT Gets Upgrade

By Meghan Patzer August 31, 2012

Building on momentum from the summer, Georgetown’s Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis has set lofty goals for the current semester. Since she became CIO in February, Davis has overseen the university’s...

Blind Students Oppose Colleges’ Use of Gmail

By Kelly Church March 25, 2011

The National Federation of the Blind filed a complaint to multiple universities last week, calling their use of Google programs like those used by Georgetown discriminatory toward blind students. Both...

Wireless Coming to Copley Hall Soon, UIS Says

By Heather Flynn March 1, 2011

Copley Hall will be the latest dorm on campus to receive wireless Internet access when University Information Services activates the new services on March 11. According to an email sent to residents...

Georgetown Wireless Vulnerable to New Firefox Application

By Upasana Kaku October 29, 2010

A new Mozilla Firefox extension allows anyone on a wireless network to access user accounts on sites like Facebook and Twitter, raising concerns over the cyber security of Georgetown's network. Firesheep,...

The Verdict

By The Editorial Board August 27, 2010

THUMBS UP: New Beginnings - A brand new class of freshmen and transfer students are arriving on campus this weekend ready to embark on their Georgetown journey. THUMBS UP: Better Late Than Never -...

UIS Bolsters Plans for Haitian Recovery

By Lenard Babus March 4, 2010

Georgetown University and the World Bank have joined forces to aid Haiti by providing the Haitian government with high-quality satellite and aerial geographical data. The information will allow the government...

UIS Plans for Wireless in Dorms

By Amr Leheta January 22, 2010

On Wednesday evening, University Information Services and InterHall held a town hall meeting at which students and university officials discussed plans to install wireless infrastructure in residence halls...

Rising Spam Hits University Accounts

By Emily McGinnis March 18, 2008

The storage space of the university's e-mail system has been a long-standing complaint of students and faculty alike. But while many dream of larger inboxes, they've recently received a stream of spam...

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