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    Avoiding Copyright Issues

    June 23, 2023

    Users of Â鶹´«Ã½ infrastructure must be mindful of and respect the ownership of intellectual property and copyrighted information to which this infrastructure can provide access.

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    Butrovich Data Center successfully underwent major upgrades

    May 26, 2023

    The Butrovich Data Center (BDC) now has a new lease on life with the successful completion of two major projects wrapped up on May 20.

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    Â鶹´«Ã½/Â鶹´«Ã½F website page check requirement

    May 26, 2023

    Beginning June 1, 2023, Â鶹´«Ã½F and Â鶹´«Ã½ System pages on Omni CMS will require "page check" on edited pages prior to publishing. The page check tool checks for misspelled words, broken links and accessibility errors.

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    Â鶹´«Ã½F and OIT Realign Duties to Better Serve Users

    May 05, 2023

    OIT and Â鶹´«Ã½F have begun a realignment of IT resources. The reorganization will create a new Â鶹´«Ã½F IT Department headed by VCAS Julie Queen, which will oversee mission-enabling resources for students, staff, and faculty at both Â鶹´«Ã½F and the System Office. OIT under CITO Shier will shift its focus to enhancing IT efforts for the entire Â鶹´«Ã½ System, and will continue to support Cybersecurity and LAN for Â鶹´«Ã½F.

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    Data Center outage May 13 and 20 will affect Internet, VPN access and shared drives

    May 05, 2023

    Â鶹´«Ã½F Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown in the Butrovich Building to integrate a new Uninterruptible Power Supply for the Butrovich Data Center. The Â鶹´«Ã½ Fairbanks main campus and all Â鶹´«Ã½F community campuses and outreach centers will not have Internet access during the planned maintenance shutdown periods. System Office and Â鶹´«Ã½F users will also lose access to VPN services and any shared file servers hosted in the BDC.

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    Be mindful of copyright issues

    April 21, 2023

    Users of Â鶹´«Ã½ network and computing infrastructure must be mindful of and respect ownership of intellectual property and copyrighted information to which this infrastructure can provide access.

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    NOTICE: Planned Â鶹´«Ã½ Data Center Outages May 13 & May 20

    April 21, 2023

    Â鶹´«Ã½F Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown in the Butrovich Building to integrate a new Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC). This will mean that many Â鶹´«Ã½ data systems served out of the BDC will be unavailable during the following timeframes on May 13 and May 20.

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    Making Social Media More Accessible

    April 07, 2023

    Social media is a quick and easy way to reach a lot of people - but it's also an easy way to exclude them. Here are some quick and easy ways to ensure your posts are welcoming and inclusive for all audiences.

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    NOTICE: Planned Â鶹´«Ã½ Data Center Outages May 13 & May 20

    April 07, 2023

    Â鶹´«Ã½F Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown in the Butrovich Building to integrate a new Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC). This will mean that many Â鶹´«Ã½ data systems served out of the BDC will be unavailable during the following timeframes on May 13 and May 20.

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    Planned Butrovich Data Center outage May 13-20

    March 16, 2023

    Â鶹´«Ã½F Facilities Services will be conducting a planned maintenance power shutdown in the Butrovich Building to integrate a new Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) for the Butrovich Data Center (BDC). The Â鶹´«Ã½ Fairbanks main campus, including the Butrovich Building, and all Â鶹´«Ã½F community campuses and outreach centers will not have Internet access during the planned maintenance shutdown.