Our 5th Annual SMARTFest on February 1 welcomed approximately 1,150 attendees, making it our largest and most successful SMARTFest since its inception. The event, held in the Samuel J. Wood Library, promotes emerging tech and helpful services for WCM faculty, staff, and students.

Aside from the usual trade-show style format in which attendees could walk up to the experts and ask about services, we had several new features this year:

You know your passwords should look like this: %b96TO5JkW#x5!, but how are you going to remember that? WCM ITS wants to make it easier for you to create strong passwords and keep them safe. We teamed up with LastPass, a top-rated password manager, to offer you a complementary account that you can keep, even if you leave WCM.

The Samuel J. Wood Library recently launched OneSearch, a new catalog to enhance your search experience by expanding your access to our electronic content. OneSearch provides an array of helpful features, such as:          

ITS offers a special Research Lab website service for researchers looking for a polished, professional online presence.

Many faculty research labs build websites to showcase their work, frequently using third party platforms like Wix or Squarespace. This led to sites that were not properly branded, didn’t follow institutional best practices, and that didn’t integrate well with institutional systems.

Lenovo has issued a recall notice for ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Gen Laptops manufactured between December 2016 and October 2017. Lenovo has determined that a limited number of such laptops may have an unfastened screw that could damage the laptop’s battery causing overheating, potentially posing a fire hazard.

What do you need to do?

The 5th Annual SMARTFest is tomorrow from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., with a special IT Town Hall to follow in Uris Auditorium! Have you visited our SMARTFest website for the latest info? Visit its.weill.cornell.edu/smartfest now.

The Sponsored Programs module in the Weill Research Gateway was recently updated with changes to the Universal Questionnaire and Reviewer Checklist. You can find out more here: 

• Release Updates
• Video Guide

Please review our Sponsored Programs guide page should you need more information on using the module.