In the past we have updated the community on various social engineering attempts by hackers to "Phish" personal information, using familiar or plausible emails which require you to respond to preserve service. Recently, members of the University Community may have … Continue reading
Holiday Phishing and Online Cyber Scams
This holiday season, keep your information safe by following a few simple guidelines. Cyber criminals often use multiple methods, such as phishing emails and phony websites, to attract online shoppers and gain access to and exploit their personal information. Additionally, … Continue reading
Parallel Computing with MATLAB – Free Seminar on 12/6/11
Please join MathWorks engineers for a free technical MATLAB seminar on Tuesday, December 6th. Here are the details: Tuesday, December 6th 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm 442 Dana Research Center Northeastern University Presenter: Sumit Tandon, MathWorks Application Engineer Sumit graduated … Continue reading
Changes Introduced for myNEU/NUnet Electronic Accounts
As part of our continuing efforts to ensure the protection of private and institutional data, Northeastern introduced several changes this past summer to the services that manage the myNEU and NUnet electronic credentials. These changes were implemented to enhance the … Continue reading
Student Email Forwarding Extended until May 2012
In the Fall of 2009, we migrated our student email system to the Husky email system, powered by Google Apps. Prior to the student email migration, all student email addresses were at @neu.edu. With the move to Google Apps, our … Continue reading
Print Management System Expansion
Last fall, Information Services introduced a new print management system in the InfoCommons labs and on the first floor of the Snell Library. This system provided wireless printing to InfoCommons/Library printers and alleviated the need for cover sheets. Due to … Continue reading
Blackboard Service Pack coming December 28-29th, 2011
NEU Blackboard (not NU Online) will be unavailable for a period of 24-hours from December 28 at 10pm to December 29 at 10pm. The purpose of the outage is to install the most current service pack that will address minor … Continue reading
NUwave Wireless Update
The campus continues to receive 802.11n upgrades to NUwave, our wireless network. The main benefits of 802.11n, when compared to 802.11g, are 50% faster transmission speeds and increased signal strength, when accessed from an 802.11n capable system. 802.11n also supports … Continue reading
SAS now provides free access in the cloud for faculty, students and researchers
SAS OnDemand for Academics provides an online delivery model for teaching and learning data management and analytics. By connecting to a SAS-hosted server over the Web, users access the analytical power of SAS software through a user-friendly, point-and-click interface. Faculty … Continue reading
EndNote X5 is now available
Use EndNote X5 to search online bibliographic databases, organize references, images and PDFs in any language, and create bibliographies and figure lists instantly. To access EndNote X5, follow the appropriate directions below: On your NUnet PC computer, go to Start-> … Continue reading