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March 31 Freaky Friday to include demo of PTS

This Friday, March 31, in ITS Franklin Room G102 at 1 p.m., UNC staff and guests have the opportunity to attend an overview of the new Project Tracking System (PTS) at Freaky Friday.
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Partners in Education conference to be held April 3-6

The UNC-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library will host the Partners in Education conference April 3-6. Topics include but are not limited to RSS, distance collaboration, instructional media and Macromedia Breeze. All events are free of charge and open to the public. Registration is recommended and may be limited for some classes. All events will be held at the UNC Health Sciences Library, located on South Columbia Street in Chapel Hill.

Symposium on blog-related legal issues to take place April 8

On April 8, the 2006 NC Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) symposium will explore the possible legal problems blogs could cause for both employees and employers. Some questions that will be raised include: How can both be protected? Can and should a company encourage blogging by its employees? What, if any, are the first amendment rights issues? How can an anonymous blogger be dealt with?

What: Symposium: Attack of the Blog: Legal Horrors in the Workplace
Date: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: UNC School of Law

ITS research computing cluster goes live

On Monday, March 27, ITS went live with its latest research computing acquisition – a 1,040-processor Dell cluster. The cluster, which will be named Topsail after the North Carolina beach, symbolizes major growth in research computing at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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New mass e-mail system available to campus

An improved version of the mass e-mail system rolled out to campus users last Friday, March 24. The new system offers greater ease of use, more selection criteria, context-sensitive help and faster—though not instantaneous—delivery.
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