28 September 2020

Who wants to be nominated?

 https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/




21 September 2020

Zoom to require waiting rooms or passcodes

 Zoom to require all meetings have a Passcode or is Waiting Room enabled

UPDATE: THEY'VE CANCELLED THIS.

"Zoom has announced that they will not implement the security change that was previously announced for Sept. 27. It is, however, still important that all Zoom meetings be set to allow “Authenticated Users Only” to protect them from Zoom bombing by anonymous attendees."

Effective Sunday, Sept. 27, Zoom will require that all meetings have a passcode or is Waiting Room-enabled. These extra security measures give you control over your meeting security options while keeping the join experience as frictionless as possible.


For meetings that do not have either a Passcode or Waiting Room enabled by Sept. 27, Zoom will enable a Waiting Room for you.

You can customize the Waiting Room experience at http://click.zoom.us/e/84442/15-ac6e-491b-a594-548058954ad2/bltg91/2295773174?h=LewksRyI89DrXFYvokUztIqIxeF0t1ke6NkquiDaYak so individuals within your account or on an approved list of domains can bypass the Waiting Room and directly join the meeting.

You can find meetings that are scheduled without a Passcode or Waiting Rooms by pulling the report at http://click.zoom.us/e/84442/unt-report-meetingdetails-list/bltg93/2295773174?h=LewksRyI89DrXFYvokUztIqIxeF0t1ke6NkquiDaYak

Zoom has also improved Waiting Room notifications so the meeting host can now receive a visual and auditory notification that an attendee has entered the Waiting Room.

18 September 2020

the new Spring academic calendar

 I've heard about this a few times now, but come to think of it this is the first official news I've seen, so maybe you haven't heard about it yet.

The spring semester will begin Monday, Feb. 15, and end Friday, May 28, avoiding the peak of the flu season for safety purposes. As for the fall 2020 semester, the spring semester will have no breaks.

https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2642/academic-calendar-for-spring-2021-announced

Rather than a January start, the first day of classes will be Monday, Feb. 15, explained Donald Nieman, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. In addition, as in the fall, there will be no spring break or other breaks and we will have an extended winter session from Monday, Jan. 4 to Friday, Feb. 5. Final exam week will end Friday, May 28.



need to update the style guide

 

Graduate Student Excellence Awards and Graduate School Travel Grants

 2020-2021 Graduate Student Excellence Awards - Call for Nominations


The Graduate School is seeking nominations for the 2020-2021 Graduate Student Excellence Awards. The submission deadline for nomination packets is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020.

Nominations should be submitted by the student’s Graduate Director. Each program may nominate only two graduate students per category, per year. A student may be nominated for more than one category, but may receive only one award.

There are three award categories:
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Service & Outreach

In an effort to simplify and process nomination packets more efficiently, please organize your packet in the same order as shown on the appropriate checklist. Please be sure to include the appropriate checklist as the first item in your nomination packet.

Nomination packets must be submitted electronically - and in PDF format only - to gsfin@binghamton.edu. Hard copies and submissions that exceed one PDF file will not be accepted.

Please note that the deadline to submit nomination packets is firm and late submissions will not be considered.  

Graduate School Travel Grants

The Graduate School would like to remind graduate programs of the potential assistance available for graduate students. The Graduate Council has voted to allow Graduate School Travel Grants to be used for attendance at virtual conferences. There are several funding sources available by application on our website on the Research and Travel Funding page. 

The next Graduate School Travel Grant deadline is Friday, November 6th, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Applications should be submitted electronically as a single PDF file to gsfin@binghamton.edu. 

Oswego goes remote

 https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2020/09/18/why-suny-oswego-halting-person-classes-due-covid-19/5825306002/

no in person classes, but the campus is still open. (not as bad as Oneonta)




15 September 2020

This week!

Wed: ANJA at IASH: "Human Death and Future Generations"


Thu: SPEL Workshop: "Leading Discussion Sections" (11:45)


Thu: Colloquium: Robert Talisse on "The Problem of Polarization" (3:00)


did I miss anything?