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ITS and the Division of Communications have launched a new version of the College calendar that includes a new featured events block, a re-worked approach to ongoing events, support for weekly calendar digests, and more. The changes were based on feedback from the community, as well as usability testing conducted over the last year. Read [...]

Ebrary, a collection of over 50,000 academic electronic books to which the library subscribes, has just released an app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The app is available for free in the App Store. To make it easier to use ebrary—with or without the app—ebrary also just announced the ability for researchers to [...]

Recreation Services has welcomed new staff members Xiao Cui ’13, assistant facility supervisor, Natasha Gordon ’13, associate sports clubs supervisor, and Luke Smith ’14, assistant IM events supervisor. In addition, Javauhn Caines ’12 has been promoted to associate IM events supervisor, Glenford Robinson ’13 to associate facility supervisor, and Janka Lovering ’13 to head fitness supervisor. Read the full announcement

Digital library developer and counseling center secretary are the latest job openings posted on the human resources website.  Other open positions are controller and associate vice president, associate dean of intercultural development/director of gender and sexuality programs, associate director of athletic development, office assistant in the Office of the Dean of the College, director of student development, [...]

The library ambassadors is a group of students charged with increasing communication between Skillman Library and the student body. Ambassadors play an active role in advising librarians and library staff on improvements to library services, resources, and policies. The library is seeking students to join the group. Ambassadors must be willing to serve for at [...]

Nathan Lager, systems administrator for Information Technology Services (ITS), writes about the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the ITS Staff Blog. SOPA would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods. It has many critics, including Lager. Visit the ITS Staff Blog

LexisNexis Academic, a tool for searching the full text of contemporary newspapers, business and popular magazines, law reviews, and legislative sources, is offering webinars through March 1. Sign up from the comfort of your home or office to take a free one-hour online seminar on LexisNexis Academic or, specifically, on its News and/or Legal Research [...]

The Controller’s Office has made electronic distribution of student account bills available, enabling students and their authorized family members to view their tuition bills online and see transactions on the account. Other services made available in December are multiple avenues for online payment and electronic refunds. Learn more about these new features

Men’s rugby is the featured club of the month in the most recent Recreation Services newsletter, which also provides updates on student clubs for racquetball, women’s soccer, women’s rugby, and dance. In addition, the newsletter introduces SCORE, the Sports Club Officer Responsibilities Exposition, a more active alternative to the spring organizational meeting. Read the newsletter [...]

Fitness assistant and facility monitor Lorre-Ann Fisher ’12 has been named Employee of the Semester by Recreation Services. An announcement explains why Fisher was chosen and includes a quote from her. Read about the honor