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How to prevent spear-phishing

You may be familiar with phishing—scam emails (or direct messages, or social posts) that try to con you into giving up a password, downloading malicious software, or otherwise opening yourself up to a cyber-attack. But have you heard of spear-...

Introducing the New IT Self-Service Portal

In an effort to better support the University of Iowa community, Information Technology Services (ITS) has deployed a new IT self-service portal called Enterprise Service Center (ESC). The self-service portal provides faculty, staff, and students a...

Four ways to protect yourself from phishing

The University of Iowa email system receives more than 2.5 million messages per day, but about 69 percent never reach inboxes. Screening systems flag them as spam or scams—they’re discarded before they can do harm. But some deceptive and dangerous...

Learning Commons begins to take shape

Monday, April 8, 2013 - 10:59am
University of Iowa Libraries and Information Technology Services (ITS) staff are beginning to see their vision for a new study and social space in the Main Library take shape. The Learning Commons project team shared a preview with Iowa Now just...
Construction of Learning Commons

ITS launches internally built student record system

Monday, March 18, 2013 - 2:15pm
Over the past year, Information Technology Services and campus partners unveiled several major components of Project MAUI (short for Made At the University of Iowa), a new student-information system that was custom developed by a team of UI software...
picture of students sitting in desks and writing

State leaders tour TILE classroom and Learning Commons

Monday, March 18, 2013 - 9:43am
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds joined about 20 University of Iowa students for a TILE classroom demonstration on Friday, March 8. Also during their visit, Chris Clark, the ITS director of learning spaces technology, led Branstad...
Branstad Tour

IT Infrastructure Day set for Saturday, Feb. 9

Friday, January 25, 2013 - 11:30am
On Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, Information Technology Services will perform maintenance work on some of the university's IT infrastructure. This work is not expected to disrupt services. The work includes: F5 Global Traffic Manager software upgrade from...

Time-lapse video shows construction of Information Technology Facility

Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 1:16pm
This time-lapse video shows the three-year construction of the University of Iowa's new data center, known as the Information Technology Facility ( ITF ). Completed in December 2011, the 43,000-square-foot, $30 million facility will house and...

2013 NMC Horizon Report: Six Technologies to Watch

Friday, December 28, 2012 - 9:23am
The New Media Consortium's 2013 Horizon Project Advisory Board has released their official list of six "Technologies to Watch" for the NMC Horizon Report 2013 Higher Education Edition. Released annually, the NMC Horizon Report charts the landscape...
someone taking a picture on their iPhone of liquid being put into a test tube

Migration to Information Technology Facility (ITF) nears completion

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 5:11pm
Information Technology Services (ITS) is making excellent progress in migrating services to the new Information Technology Facility (ITF) at the University of Iowa Research Park. Those involved with the data center move are optimistic that things...
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Getting the most out of the emergency Hawk Alert system

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 4:56pm
With the winter weather season approaching, it’s a good time to remind the campus that University of Iowa students and employees will be notified through Hawk Alert if classes are canceled.
person walking in winter weather

Campus telephone users must dial 9 to get outside line

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 10:08am
Starting Jan. 1, 2013 all campus telephone users will need to dial 9 to get an outside line prior to dialing an off-campus number. At that time, dialing 8 to get an outside line will no longer work. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will...
old-fashioned black telephone

Construction begins on new Learning Commons

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 4:12pm
Construction is well under way on the new Learning Commons at the University of Iowa’s Main Library, however the Main Library and Food for Thought café remain open for business
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Protect yourself from phishing scams

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 1:58pm
Have you ever opened your inbox to find an e-mail encouraging you to take advantage of a work-from-home opportunity that pays incredibly well? Or perhaps a message from a poor soul claiming to be stranded far from home and pleading for your...

ITS plays key role in transition to all-in-one ID cards

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 10:49am
Information Technology Services is playing an important role in the transition to new university identification cards that will also serve as proximity cards to access buildings or rooms on campus. “Prox cards” offer higher security than keys...
iowa one card

UI joins global wireless network eduroam

Friday, July 13, 2012 - 8:46am
If you’ve traveled to other schools to visit friends, collaborate in research, or take part in a conference, you’ve probably had to track down a guest ID for wireless service. You’ll have to do that less often thanks to a recent enhancement to the...
woman sitting on pentacrest steps tapping iPad

ITS upgrades webcam to provide live HD view of Pentacrest

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 11:30am
If you’re curious what’s happening on the University of Iowa Pentacrest at any given time, you can now tune into a live high-definition view at http://webcam.iowa.uiowa.edu/ . Information Technology Services upgraded the camera to HD this month. It...
view of the pentacrest

ITS staffer provides clues in ‘herdbook mystery’

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 3:50pm
Most UI faculty and staff members have heard of “the Herdbook” (AKA the university directory), but no one seems to know how it came to be known as the Herdbook. As it turns out, ITS staff member Jason Wolcott has done some research on the topic and...
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