Archive for December, 2007

Department Website Launches

Friday, December 21st, 2007

A few departmental websites have launched in recent weeks. Please explore and share your feedback with the departments or the web team.
Asian Studies
Economics
Equal Opportunity Office
Institutional Research (this project was led by the News & Information office)
Psychology
If you would like to add your department’s site to the project schedule for the Spring semester, please get [...]

Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union Phishing Emails

Monday, December 10th, 2007

On occasion, Swarthmore College email users are subjected to focused phishing attacks appearing to originate from the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. Phishing involves sending a bogus email, appearing to originate from a legitimate source, which attempts to get the recipient to click on a malicious URL. Phishing emails typically try to steal [...]

Spring Technology Workshops - Digital Images, Video, Web Mapping

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

We are happy to announce a series of Technology Workshops over Spring Break on several interesting digital media and web mapping topics. Click the links below for full descriptions of each workshop, and registration through the Campus Calendar.
I. Digital Video Production with iMovie (shooting and editing)
March 12, 2008 - all day
iMovie Workshop Details and [...]

Security Issue with Apple QuickTime (and iTunes) — Update

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

UPDATE 12/14/07
A fixed version of Apple QuickTime is now available, 7.3.1, that resolves the RTSP vulnerability described below. The update can be downloaded from: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
The new version supports Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, and Windows XP SP2. QuickTime [...]

Blackboard Training in January

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

The Blackboard support team is offering Introductory and Advanced Blackboard workshops for faculty and staff over Winter Break. Click the links below to register for each workshop.
I. Introduction to Blackboard
If you haven’t used Blackboard before and want to learn to manage a basic site, this workshop is for you. We will cover Blackboard’s collection [...]