A milestone was quietly reached this summer in the continued updating of the K-State Web presence. As two more colleges published sites in our content management system, or CMS, we met the goal of having every college/major unit in the system. Thanks to all who helped with this effort. Continue reading “Letter from the VP for Communications and Marketing: Web progress”→
Network and telecommunications has restored service to all of the phones that appeared to be impacted by last week’s phone outage but some splicing might have been missed. If your phone is still out of order, please create a new incident at servicedesk.ksu.edu with your name, phone number and the building where the phone is located. Continue reading “Restoring of phone service continues”→
Minutes before their next mission, three armed soldiers realize a part from their tank has gone awry. Without missing a beat they identify the problem, print the part, assemble the piece and head into battle.
These are the type of scenarios modern-day engineers predict in preparation for tomorrow, as new generation technologies such as 3-D printers advance and bode an industrial revolution. The implication has leaders in defense, aerospace, automotive, health care and schools rethinking their strategies and operations as they prepare to join the trend. Continue reading “New generation technologies prepare students for modern-day engineering”→
A water pipe broke on campus about 8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug 12. Water filled some tunnels resulting in sporadic phone outages in the southeast quadrant of the Manhattan campus. Continue reading “Phone outages on campus”→
iSIS remains temporarily suspended as Information Technology Services continues to work with key stakeholders to recover and restore data. iSIS is expected to be available to universitywide users on Monday morning, July 21. Continue reading “iSIS update: Plan to restore access Monday, July 21”→
The K-State research computing cluster Beocat is currently the largest academic research cluster in Kansas. Through recent contributions totaling more than $200,000 from faculty in agronomy, biology, chemical engineering and plant pathology, Beocat has grown to approximately 600TB of storage and ~2500 processor cores on machines ranging from dual-processor Opterons with 8GB RAM to six 80-core Xeons with 1TB RAM connected by 40Gbps QDR Infiniband. Continue reading “Beocat extends reign as largest academic supercomputer in Kansas”→
Grades for the Spring 2014 term are due by 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 20. The deadline to copy grades from K-State Online into iSIS is 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, which allows sufficient time for back-end processes to complete. Continue reading “Grade-submission deadlines May 20 for Spring 2014”→
On April 26, Microsoft notified customers of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that affects browser versions 6 through 11. This vulnerability has the potential to allow attackers to run malicious code on vulnerable machines when users visit compromised or malicious websites. The Department of Homeland Security confirms that they are aware of active exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild. Continue reading “Avoid Internet Explorer until vulnerability fixed”→
