West Virginia University has named Dan Dunphy as program director for the WVU Modernization Program, which seeks to enhance the overall technology user experience at the University and ensure we are positioned to become the land-grant university of the future by overhauling our finance, human resources and student information systems.
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Parking lot ST-4 at the Rec Center will be completely closed Wednesday, Feb. 9, and partially closed Thursday, Feb. 10.
Colleges and administrative units planning to replace old and out-of-warranty computers should consider making these as soon as possible to improve the chances of receiving equipment before the end of the current fiscal year.
At a U.S. Army base command center, a computer beeps and displays a warning: the power has gone down in one corner of the base. Cybersecurity experts jump into action. They ensure critical systems are on backup generators as they search for the reason for the outage. One of them points to her screen and calls out that the power grid’s information system has been compromised—a cyber attack is likely underway. Their professor applauds.
Ari Fleischer joins the WVU College of Media's Ashton Marra to discuss polarization and distrust in media, the First Amendment and public perception of free speech, and how media and the political climate have changed in the last 20 years tonight (Feb. 7) at 7:30 p.m. at the WVU College of Law Fitzsimmons Hall. Space is limited; seating available on a first come, first served basis.
During this panel discussion, which takes place today (Feb. 7) at 3 p.m. via Zoom, representatives of different minorities who have taken classes in WVU’s Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics will talk about what it is like to belong to a minority group at the university, and to what extent their experiences as students of world languages have given them insights into valuing cultural differences and increasing intercultural understanding.