On Thursday, Mar. 27, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., ITS will be implementing changes to the annual High-Risk Data Attestation required to be completed by WCM faculty, staff, and students. All WCM employees are required to complete the attestation annually (upon their anniversary date) at attest.weill.cornell.edu.  

Please note that you may not see the changes mentioned below until the following day while the implementation is finalized.  

Tech Tuesday 

Create biosketches in SciENcv

Tuesday, March 25

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

On May 25, the NIH is requiring researchers to use the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to create and maintain biosketches submitted with grant applications and annual reports.  

If you’re unfamiliar with SciENcv or need a refresher, join us for this session to learn more the NIH guidelines pertaining to this and understand how the tool works. 

Business Analyst Carmen Peralta has been here through the beginnings of one of our most widely-used system, the Weill Business Gateway (WBG). Through her years of working at WCM, Carmen has helped transform WBG into a massive system that manages the daily needs of WCM staff to complete everything from training to payroll.

In the last year, ITS’ Event Services Office (ESO) has helped facilitate more than 6,000 events around campus. Behind the scenes is Event Services Manager Monica Fajardo, ensuring that your meeting, class, or event goes smoothly from start to finish. Learn more about Monica’s 25 years at WCM.

Tech Tuesday 

Advanced Microsoft Loop

Tuesday, March 18

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

Last year, we introduced you to Microsoft Loop to help you manage and organize your work with powerful note-taking capabilities, and options to share and edit data across Microsoft apps in real-time in the O365 environment.  

Tech Tuesday 

Biobanking with OpenSpecimen

Tuesday, March 11

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

Are you overwhelmed with spreadsheets trying to track all your samples? OpenSpecimen, WCM's biospecimen information management system (BIMS), enables investigators to track chain of custody of samples and report on inventory. In this session, we'll demonstrate how to: