Tech Tuesday 

Create videos in Microsoft Clipchamp

Tuesday, Dec. 16

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

If you’re new to video editing, the best place to start is this session! Learn how Microsoft Clipchamp’s beginner-friendly features can help you develop videos for presentations, teaching, social media, and more – even if you have zero editing experience. 

In this session, we’ll discuss how to: 

Tech Tuesday 

What's New for Microsoft Excel in 2025

Tuesday, Dec. 9

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

As announced in September, Cornell University Library plans to unbundle its “Big Deal” package with publishing company Elsevier, which includes the ScienceDirect journal package, beginning in January 2027. Cornell licenses a considerable amount of online content from Elsevier, and it is no longer a sustainable option for our campus to maintain this “big deal.” Cornell will continue to license content from Elsevier on a title-by-title basis, and any online content that is no longer available for instant access can still be requested through the Library. 

Duo is updating its infrastructure in early 2026. As a result, the Duo Mobile app will only work if it meets the new minimum version requirements. ITS has identified that your Duo Mobile app does NOT meet the new minimum version requirements. Your app must be upgraded by Friday, Jan. 23, otherwise you will lose access to all WCM applications that require Duo authentication.

Black Friday is just around the corner, so be on the lookout for these latest scams already making the rounds online.    

This article is reposted from the AWS Public Sector Blog, posted on Nov. 10, 2025

When putting together a presentation or document in Microsoft, you may want to add images to spruce up your file. There may be times, though, when you need to edit an image to make it fit better within a given space or delete distracting details. Luckily, Microsoft includes a Remove Background option available in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Tech Tuesday 

Poll Everywhere

Tuesday, Nov. 4

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

Engage your audience with real-time polls using Poll Everywhere! Whether you are giving an in-person or virtual presentation, you can incorporate audience feedback by using polls in various ways. Learn how to access your WCM Poll Everywhere account, create polls, and add them to your presentation. 

All Grant JV's requiring upload or release by Accounting must be received by/submitted to General Accounting no later than 12 pm on 11/5/2025. Entries submitted after the deadline will be posted to the following month.

All other JV's requiring upload or release by General Accounting must be received by/submitted to General Accounting no later than 12 pm on 11/06/2025.

Accounting Close for October will be November 7, 2025