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White Paper on Internationalization

At an internationalized university, the international arena is not seen as one more dimension of the courses offer, the researches undertake, or the experiences offer students. Instead, it forms part of the fabric of support structure for research and instruction, pervading both the curriculum and the co-curriculum of students. An...

Tags: Student, University Of Kentucky, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources

White papers 2009-04-13

University of Kentucky Theme (Mobile)

The Official University of Kentucky Theme Completely transform the way your BlackBerry looks. Change all of the icons, colors and the backgrounds. Change the graphics on every screen.This product is compatible with BlackBerry Models 7100, 8100, 8300, 8700, and 8800 which includes the BlackBerry Curve and the Pearl.This Product is...

Tags: Mobile, University Of Kentucky, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-02-20

Separating Routing and Forwarding: A Clean-Slate Network Layer Design

This paper presents a "Clean-slate" design for a network-layer routing and forwarding system intended to address shortcomings of the current Internet Protocol. The design separates routing from both forwarding and topology discovery; requires only a flat, topology-independent namespace; and allows for policies of both users and service providers to be...

Tags: University Of Kentucky, Abstraction, Business Services, Networking

White papers 2007-07-16

Carbon nanotubes speed up fluids

According to a University of Kentucky news release, researchers have shown that carbon nanotube CNT membranes with pores measuring 7 nanometers in diameter "permit a fluid flow nearly 10,000 to 100,000 times faster than conventional fluid flow theory would predict because of the nanotubes' nearly friction-free surface." As the fabrication...

Tags: membrane

Blog posts 2005-11-13

Patch Management and Virus Protection Policy

Due to the continually increasing dependence of University systems on the security and integrity of the computer network, servers, and workstations, it has become vitally important that the University be more proactive about identifying and enforcing security standards. In particular, university computers must be properly patched with the latest appropriate...

Tags: Virus Protection, Patch Management, University Of Kentucky, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

White papers 2003-09-19

Additional Resources

Chinese...How's that for a 21st Century Skill?

Chinese...How's that for a 21st Century Skill?Not a needed skillMany Chinese people are learning English from an early age.Imagine a situation in which a person with some Chinese in school is in a meeting with a Chinese person who has spent decades working on fluency in English. How likely...

Tags: Chinese People

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Neil Young gives his name to a spider

Canadian rocker Neil Young made headlines this week for appearing at the JavaOne conference and for releasing his musical archive on Blu-ray discs. But he was also honored by a East Carolina University ECU professor of biology, who named a newly discovered trapdoor spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after the legendary rock...

Tags: East Carolina University, Species, Myrmekiaphila, M., Neotype, Blu-Ray, Investment, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Finance, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-09

Commercial brain computer systems are coming

All over the world, systems that directly connect silicon circuits to brains are under development, and some are nearly ready for commercial applications, according to a new report from the World Technology Evaluation Center and announced by a news release of the University of Southern California USC. Some of the...

Tags: University Of Southern California, Panel, Report, Computer, BCI, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-18

Schools self-policing P2P just fine

Ars Technica featured a great piece on informal research conducted at Brandeis University on college efforts to address copyright and file-sharing issues. As IT administrators at Brandeis were developing their own set of policies related to this issue, they surveyed 79 members of the RESNET-L and Educause SECURITY mailing...

Tags: P2P, Survey, File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-12-06

FBI crackdown nabs 8 botnet herders

The FBI today announced the arrest of eight U.S. men accused to hijacking PCs for use in a million-strong botnet that accounted for $20 million in economic loss. In its "Bot Roast II" crackdown, the FBI said it also served 13 search warrants in the U.S. and...

Tags: U.S. District Court, FBI, Bot, Distributed Denial Of Service, Computer, Florida, AKILL, Michael Downey, Federal Government, Phishing, Security, Government, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-29

A cancer-resistant mouse?

University of Kentucky researchers have created a cancer-resistant mouse by introducing a tumor-suppressor gene called 'Par-4' into an egg. The 'Par-4' gene, discovered in 1993, kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. It was originally found in the prostate, but this gene also can lead to the death of a...

Tags: Mouse, Gene, Par-4, Cancer Cell, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-27

University Adopts Unified Communications to Improve Education, Streamline Operations

The University of Kentucky is a full-service academic and research institution that serves 27,000 students on the Lexington campus and thousands more in remote locations across the state. To help professors and students communicate more seamlessly and to cost-effectively make the university's resources available to more people across the state,...

Tags: Education, Streamline, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management

Case studies 2007-10-01

Davis's Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests With Nursing Implications (Mobile)

Daviss Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests With Nursing Implications, 2nd Ed.powered by Skyscape Authors: Anne M. Van Leeuwen, MA, BS, MTASCP, formerly of Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center, Plattsburg, New York. Todd R. Kranpitz, MS, BS, NMT, ARRT, King''s Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Kentucky. Lynette Smith, FNP,...

Tags: Mobile, Laboratory, Skyscape Inc., Davis, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Software downloads 2007-09-20

Attracting Students and Faculty to Western Kentucky With Intelligent Multi-Campus Voice, IM, Video and Mobility Applications

Western Kentucky University wanted to increase the productivity and quality of faculty, staff and student interactions, including flexible methods of remote instruction and remote "Virtual" office hours across seven campuses. To bring students and faculty together for classes and meetings across seven campuses, Western Kentucky University engineered individualized video communications...

Tags: IM, Voice, Mobility, Video, Avaya Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2007-08-01

'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation

Law enforcement authorities today announced the arrest of three men accused of using a million-strong botnet of hijacked computers for spam-related crime.The FBI said its "Operation Bot Roast" identified more than one million victim computer IP addresses being used in criminal activity."The FBI is working with our industry partners,...

Tags: Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Privacy, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-06-13

Using a robotic arm to scan the Iliad

According to Wired News, computer scientists from the University of Kentucky UKY recently went to Venice, Italy, to scan 'Venetus A,' the 10th century manuscript of Homer's Iliad. They've used a 39-mexapixel Hasselblad camera to take pictures of the famous manuscript and a laser mounted on a robotic arm to...

Tags: Robotics, Engineering &, Innovation, Computers &, Internet

Blog posts 2007-06-11

Embarrassed by MySpace foolishness or your criminal convictions? Erase them!

Your reputation is at stake whenever you go online and shoot your mouth off. Your reputation is at stake when you end up drunk and half or fully naked on a MySpace page. And that, my friends, is life. Youre supposed to learn some lessons and move on, hopefully without...

Tags: Web site development, Insurance, MySpace

Blog posts 2007-03-16

60 million pixels for $100K

This is the cost of "The World's Highest Resolution Seamless Display" which was built for the IdeaFestival held recently in Louisville, Kentucky. For this price, you get 20 networked PCs, each equipped with two graphic cards, and controlling 80 projectors. You also get a screen of 27 feet across by...

Tags: Mersive Technologies Inc., display, Sol, projector, video

Blog posts 2006-10-30

Universities rocked by data breaches

In what can only be called an epidemic of high-profile data security breaches, Ohio University has been hit five times since March 2005, leading to the breach of more than 300,000 student records. The latest theft reveals the precarious state of security at colleges, as institutions attempt to balance the...

Tags: Ohio University

Blog posts 2006-06-27

Kids help design satellite

Students and professors from several Kentucky colleges and universities are teaming up with NASA scientists to build a satellite, reports the Courier-Journal. The education and research program will design, build and operate a satellite that will weigh less than a kilogram and provide free access to students studying communications,...

Tags: NASA, satellite

Blog posts 2006-05-25