March 15, 2021

You think you've found the perfect article online, but when you click to view it - paywall! Avoid the frustration of paywalls and redirects by using EndNote Click. This free browser extension connects you to our own library subscriptions, as well as open source articles, so you can access high-quality PDFs and full-text articles. 

March 10, 2021

Meghana Futnani, Assistant Director of Business Intelligence, leads a team of BI specialists to build solutions for end-users to view and interpret the complex data that comes from our enterprise systems.

March 5, 2021

Diana Delgado has been a mainstay at the Samuel J. Wood Library for almost two decades. During her time at WCM, she’s learned how everything at the library works from the ground up, and leads a team of talented staff to provide support for WCM patrons looking for assistance with everything from research to notarizations. Here’s a look at how Diana has influenced library services at the college 

February 26, 2021

Bo Fuld, Manager of Software Engineering in Research Informatics (and Cornell alum!), leads an engineering team that builds the infrastructure pipelines necessary to deliver patient data from EHRs to the various data repositories that medical researchers rely on. Her group has become even more critical during the COVID pandemic. With crucial data infrastructure already in place, they were in a unique position to deliver new data pipelines dedicated to COVID data and research.

How can I tell if I'm being recorded on Zoom?

When attending a Zoom meeting, the host has the ability to record meetings and can manage recording access for other participants in attendance. 

To confirm if a meeting is being recorded, look for the red circle in the top-left side of your Zoom window with the word Recording: 

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Information on how to record and manage recording settings is available on myHelpdesk. 

Note that while you can see that a meeting is being recorded, Zoom does not provide any indication when a participant takes screenshots of the meeting window. Please exercise caution and do not display any sensitive data.  

February 19, 2021

ITS made a few key improvements to the Learning application (Learning Management System or LMS) in WBG that will make it easier for you to take WCM-assigned courses and track your progress. 

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February 10, 2021

A new phishing email purporting to be an important email alert from Weill Cornell Medicine is circulating within the WCM community:

phishing attempt 

If you click on the link provided in the email, you are taken to a site that has been designed to look similar to one of our WCM login pages:

February 4, 2021

If you're working on a project and realize you need a certain application, what do you do? Luckily, ITS provides you with access to tons of different software hubs, depending on your needs. Before you start browsing online for a software license, check out the plethora of tools we have available that are either free, or significantly discounted. 

Watch the video below to find out more, and visit our TipUp site to access our previous tips! 

February 1, 2021

Last week, ITS conducted an internal phishing exercise in order to gauge how well-prepared Weill Cornell Medicine is for an actual phishing attack, as well as to help educate anyone who may have fallen for the phishing attempt on how to avoid doing so in the future.  

Below is the email that was sent to everyone at WCM: