Archive of Web announcements

February 1996

• Princeton University's 250th Anniversary Celebration commences this week
  
• Celebrate the University's 250th Anniversary with a visit to the Interactive Campus History 1746-1996 brought to you by the CIT Interactive Computer Graphics Laboratory and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  
• The Olmec Exhibit at The Art Museum has been extended until Sunday, March 3 . Don't miss it!
• Please visit CIT's Mirror Site, a convenience for downloading software
• Visit the CIT Help Desk on the Web
• CIT announces Support For Windows 95 OS
• On February 5, SCOLA will return to Princeton Tiger Video. (Administrative Channel 8; Dorm Channel 3). At the same time, Russian language programming will be restored on Administrative Channel 10, Dorm Channel 5.
• AnswerWeb lets you ask and see questions about Princeton WWW services and support. (Princeton only)
• Presentation outlines and examples from the WWW Workshops for Faculty held January 22,23

January 1996

• The third Information Technology Fair will be held on January 30, 1996 from 10 AM to 4 PM in the lower lobby of Robertson Hall (Woodrow Wilson School).(original positng 1/12/1996)
• Dean's Date has been extended to Friday, January 19 due to travel delays which have kept many students from returning on time. Take-home exams are still due on Monday, January 22, and there is no change anticipated in the final exam schedule. (original posting 01/10/96)
  
• Princeton is evaluating Indexing Systems for querying campuswide WWW information. Please give us your opinions. Newly added: the Verity Topic Indexer (original posting 1/3/96)
• Call the Snow Phone at 258-2255 and enter SNOW (7669) to get news of closures and delayed openings. (original post 12/20/95)
• Faculty World Wide Web Workshops on Jan. 10-11: two days of presentations and workshops for faculty on all aspects of the Web. (Posted 12/21/95 - note POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER - rescheduled for 01/22/96-01/23/96)
• DowJones News Service going away January 1, 1996.

December 1995

• Faculty, please look at what is available in Computing and Media Resources for the Spring term.(original posting 12/12/95)
• Visit Bookline, where Princeton students can post and read ads for their old textbooks. (original posting 12/4/95)
• The 1995 Wolf Prize for Mathematics was awarded to Robert Langlands, Institute for Advanced Study, and Professor of Mathematics Andrew J. Wiles for their research in number theory.(original posting 11/21/95)
• Princeton is evaluating Indexing Systems for querying campuswide WWW information. Please give us your opinions. (original posting 11/13/95)

November 1995

• SGI Server Group availability (original posting November 15, 1995)
• Hong Kong Entrepreneur Gordon Wu Pledges $100 Million to Princeton University to Strengthen Engineering (original posting 11/09/95)
• The Princeton University United Way Campaign has a home page during November. (original posting 11/06/95)
• The Princeton University Host Database now has an interactive interface available. Using a World Wide Web browser, you can connect to the database to make queries, additions, deletions, and changes. (original posting 11/10/95)
• CIT announces: Changes to machine room staffing at 87 Prospect (original posting 10/25/95)

October 1995

• You can Purchase Computers and Software at Princeton's MDC (original posting 10/16/95)
• Princeton's Eric F. Wieschaus awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for ``discoveries concerning `the genetic control of early embryonic development.''' (original posting 10/9/95)
• U.S. State Department travel advisory following Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman conviction. (original posting 10/4/95)
• Come to Firestone Library Oct 11-12, 1995 for the Information Fair. (original posting 10/5/95)
• FileMaker Pro replaces Q&A as CIT's supported desktop database product. (original posting 9/26/95)
• The University Ombuds Office is an informal, confidential, neutral place that assists students, faculty, and staff by promptly and fairly responding to problems that arise in the University. (original posting 9/27/95)
• Information Access Specialist job opening. Work on the Princeton Web. (original posting 9/25/95)

September 1995

• AppleTalk zone name expansion - McCormick, September 27, 1995
• All Princeton users may now serve Web pages directly from Novell Servers (you no longer need a Unix account for Web pages). (original posting 9/8/95)
• HTTP and WAIS Proxy servers now available to the Princeton community (original posting 9/5/95)
• Princeton University Campus FAX Gateway Send faxes from Windows, DOS, Macintosh, Unix and Mainframe. New fax services are available to send a paper fax to many fax recipients with one transmission; also receive and read faxes on the Internet. (original posting 9/8/95)
• The CIT Mac Software Server, for copying Macintosh software distributed by CIT, is now available on the Web. (Princeton only, original posting 9/5/95)
• Sytek service will end September 6, 1995 (original posting 8/15/95)
• Server-side Includes enabled. The www.princeton.edu server now supports limited server-side includes (no user executables). Files containing server-side include instructions must have the suffix *.shtml. For more instructions see the relevant section in CIT's Creating your WWW home page tutorial, or NCSA's Server-Side Includes instructions.
• The Spigot's Princeton Guide to online student resources.
• Web Statistics now enhanced (Princeton only) A personal Web Page statistical reporting service, now with more detailed instructions, glossary, and more informative reports

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