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Generative AI and Teaching for Fall 2024

Northwestern instructors are critical to helping students build the skills to understand, critique, and become leaders in the future of generative AI. Over the last two years, Northwestern IT Teaching and Learning Technologies staff have engaged with instructors and students about a generative AI tool available to all students, faculty, and staff, shared ideas for the next steps for learning, and provided Northwestern resources.

Ed Tech Fellows Applications Are Now Open

Applications are now open for Northwestern instructors to join the 2024-25 Educational Technology Fellows (Ed Tech Fellows), a program that supports instructors in implementing educational innovation with technology. Annual cohorts collaborate with the Northwestern IT Teaching and Learning Technologies team to bring their pedagogical projects to life, enhancing learning experiences for students and helping instructors achieve their teaching goals.

LabArchives Now Available to University Researchers

Northwestern IT is pleased to share that the University now offers the Electronic Research Notebook Service (ERNS), powered by LabArchives, at no cost to all Northwestern researchers, including undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff.

CoDEx Poster Winner Awarded Travel to Greece for Research Conference

Reese Richardson, a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences in the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, was able to attend the the World Conference on Research Integrity thanks, in large part, to an award he won from the Computation and Data Exchange (CoDEx) research symposium held in April.

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Guidance on the Use of Generative AI at Northwestern

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers the potential for new capabilities in research, education, and productivity. Understand what to look for when adopting these tools to ensure the intended use is met and University data is protected.

iCAIR Launches a Refreshed Website

from International Center for Advanced Internet Research

The International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) is pleased to unveil a fresh look for its online presence with the launch of a redesigned website. The new site includes enhanced features and improved functionality.

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New Wireless Certificate Takes Effect July 26

As part of regularly scheduled maintenance, Northwestern IT is updating the University’s wireless network authentication server with a new certificate effective 7 a.m. on Friday, July 26. The wireless system uses this server to provide secure access to the University’s network. Following this change, users will be prompted to accept the new certificate before establishing access to the eduroam wireless network.

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Events

Oct
15
2024

LabArchives Bootcamp 2024

12:00 PM
The LabArchives team is excited to announce the 2024 LabArchives Research Edition Bootcamp available to all Northwestern...
Oct
15
2024

Introduction to LabArchives (Virtual)

2:00 PM
LabArchives is offering introductory courses via Zoom to assist Northwestern researchers with transitioning to and setti...
Oct
16
2024

Using the Globus Command Line Interface (Virtual)

10:00 AM
As the scope and scale of your project increases, manually transferring data using the Globus web interface might become...