Effective January 2025, the Samuel J. Wood Library and the ITS SMARTDesk will update their hours of operation for all visitors. The new schedules will be:

Library hours starting Jan. 2

• Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. 

Eligible users can continue to access our electronic collection round-the-clock from anywhere.

Tech Tuesday 

Create academic posters in BioRender

Tuesday, Dec. 17

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

In this session, learn actionable tips and techniques for designing research posters within BioRender's Poster Builder Feature. There will be a live demo as well as Q + A with Weill Cornell Medicine's BioRender Customer Success Manager. 

Presenter: Nickie Pulsone, BioRender 

Register now to join us at the Samuel J. Wood Library Computer Lab to learn how you can use QIAGEN IPA (Ingenuity Pathway Analysis) to help generate results for your next experiment, publication or grant. 

Tech  Tuesday  

New MacOS & iOS: Apple Intelligence and more 

Tuesday, Dec. 10 

12 noon – 12:45 p.m.  

Join us for this session about the latest developments of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia, and Apple Intelligence. Learn about features that can help you communicate, create images, manage tasks, and secure your personal data.  

We’ll have representation from Apple so you can ask questions about how to make the most of AI on your devices.   

Effective Friday, Nov. 22, changes will be made to the certification process for IRB Initial submissions in Weill Research Gateway – Human Subjects (WRG-HS).  

CTSC ARCH Workshop 

Explore Qualtrics: Expanding Your Research Toolkit Beyond REDCap 

Thursday, November 21, 2024 

11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

REGISTER

Tech Tuesday 

UpToDate

Tuesday, Nov. 19

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

If you haven’t logged into LinkedIn Learning or Skillsoft in some time, check out some newer courses and features that focus on topics like change management, artificial intelligence, and more. 

Here’s what learners are discovering:

Tech Tuesday 

Vertex AI/LLM for Clinical Research

Tuesday, Nov. 12

12 noon – 12:45 p.m. 

Join our Research Informatics team to learn how Vertex artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLM) are being used for research at WCM. In this session, we’ll discuss: 

On Nov. 15, ITS will be reducing the amount of time sent files will be stored in your File Transfer Service account (transfer.med.cornell.edu). Any files sent to external users through File Transfer will now be stored in your account for only 14 days, after which the file will be automatically deleted. Senders and recipients will not be able to access any files that are older than 14 days. This is being implemented to free up service resources and improve the system’s efficiency.