Zoom meetings at WCM currently have a “Call Me” feature which allows a meeting attendee to receive a phone call from Zoom when joining a meeting. As of June 20th, the “Call Me” feature will be disabled for WCM Zoom meetings. 

Use of this feature has spiked in recent months, along with the overall spike in Zoom usage. While the feature is convenient, we are unfortunately incurring tens of thousands of dollars in excess costs which are hard to justify at this time.

How should I connect to Zoom meeting audio? 

FI Month End Closing Schedule May 2020

All Grant JV's requiring upload or release by Accounting must be received by/submitted to General Accounting no later than 12 pm on  6/3/2020. 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 6/4/2020.

Accounting Close for May is 6/5/2020.

PCard:

All incurred P-Card transactions will be available daily

May PCard due dates:

Yesterday, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a public service announcement to raise awareness of attacks against institutions conducting COVID-19-related research.

The FBI is investigating attacks against US organizations originating from China that have been observed attempting to steal intellectual property and other sensitive data related to COVID-19 research.

ITS offers remote learning options that you can access 24/7! In addition to the scheduled webinars we host throughout the week, WCM faculty, staff, and students have access to both LinkedIn Learning and Skillsoft. Both sites offer online tutorials on thousands of popular topics like: 

Technology

The following changes in ITS support services will be effective on Monday, May 11:

Expanded hours at the Service Desk

Our Service Desk will be expanding its hours from 6 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday-Friday. WCM faculty, staff, and students seeking IT support can contact our technicians by phone at 212-746-4878 for assistance. myHelpdesk remains another option to report issues and make requests at any time.   

On May 18, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is officially replacing the old PubMed database with a newly redesigned version. After this date, the new PubMed interface will be the default option when you access the site. 

PubMed Enhancements

The updated PubMed database will include new features like: 

• A more modern-looking search interface
• Mobile device adaptability
• Scrolling search results

A new phishing email purporting to be from Cornell University with the subject line “You have received an important new message!” is circulating within the WCM community.

Zoom released version 5.0 on April 27th, which includes new encryption features for increased meeting protection, among other fixes and features. Zoom is requiring all clients be upgraded by May 30th, 2020 to make use of this new encryption.

If you fail to update by May 30th, you will be unable to join any Zoom meetings through your old desktop or smartphone client. 

FI Month End Closing Schedule April 2020

All Grant JV's requiring upload or release by Accounting must be received by/submitted to General Accounting no later than 12 pm on  5/5/2020. 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 5/6/2020.

Accounting Close for April is 5/7/2020.

PCard:

All incurred P-Card transactions will be available daily

April PCard due dates: