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Making the web usable for all, one website at a time

Making the web usable for all, one website at a time

As the Internet becomes increasingly vital to our everyday lives, so too does web accessibility – the design practice that allows people with disabilities to perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the web.

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New VOIP phones, Skype/Lync platform for faculty and staff

New VOIP phones, Skype/Lync platform for faculty and staff

Over the next three years, University Information Technology will gradually migrate from the legacy Centrex telephone system to the new unified communications Voice over IP (VOIP) system, part of the U’s broad communications platform known as Skype for Business/Lync.

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USS web team: Creating functional, feature-rich websites

USS web team: Creating functional, feature-rich websites

What’s the purpose of a University-affiliated website? Is it primarily on online extension of a physical location, existing to attract would-be students and staff, or inform the public?

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Interesting and relevant links

Interesting and relevant links

Your writers for Node 4 occasionally come across stories that we think would be interesting or relevant to our readership. We'll post those links here each issue.

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IT Exchange Group in the works

IT Exchange Group in the works

Brian Haymore, senior IT architect for UIT’s Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC), is seeking input on a proposal to create a new group at the U – an IT Exchange Group (ITX).

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Fiber installation techs keep campus connected

Fiber installation techs keep campus connected

Most of us wake with the expectation that once we get to campus, our computers will power up, our devices will connect to the network and our phones will work.

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The Deloitte assessment: an update

The Deloitte assessment: an update

As many readers are aware, in 2015 the University engaged Deloitte Consulting to perform a holistic assessment of information technology (IT) services and operations, with a primary focus on the central IT services offered by University Information Technology (UIT).

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Getting to the core of tinkerer Russ Knight

Getting to the core of tinkerer Russ Knight

Scribbled in a corner of Russ Knight’s whiteboard is, “When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail,” paraphrasing psychologist Abraham Maslow.

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Last Updated: 2/20/26