This short clip, edited and shot by the NUAMPS video team can currently be seen on the main University web page, with other video, audio and written articles about the great series of events staged for Mortie Schapiro’s inauguration as the incoming 16th president of Northwestern.

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As part of the inauguration festivities, today, tomorrow and Friday, the New NU president Morton Schapiro is on live video chat with the NU student community.

http://www.hersongroup.com/nw/live.cfm

NUIT is supporting the infrastructure for the getting this presentation to the network, but it is designed and implemented by the Herson Group event planners.

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The third annual meeting of the Oncofertility Consortium will be held next week, September 13-15, in Chicago, Illinois. Over 150 participants from the U.S. and abroad will discuss the latest breakthroughs in the science and clinical applications of fertility preservation methods for cancer patients. More information on the event, including a meeting agenda, can be found here.

NUAMPS is doing a three camera shoot as well as broadcasting the conference using Adobe Connect. Mark Skala is directing and Mike Curtis is providing support for Adobe Connect as well as coordinating the presentations.

Tune into the conference using Adobe Connect here: http://nwuniversity.na3.acrobat.com/oncofertility/

For more information about the Oncofertility Consortium check out: http://oncofertility.northwestern.edu or http://blog.oncofertility.northwestern.edu

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The IPD Blogs site is now live.  Built using WordpressMU this site was designed to host multiple blogs with multiple users.  One of the exciting features of this site is the advanced integration of geo tagging and Google maps.  The site currently has two blogs but has the intention of expanding to 10+ blogs.

This was a very exciting project and we are all looking foward to seeing the blog being used from around the world.

Check it out!

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We are capturing, broadcasting on NUCH1, webcasting to the web and the Chicago campus, President Bienen’s final State of the University speech. We have an all hands on deck, full metal jacket team here in the McTrib Medill auditorium. To watch the webcast on Real, the info and link is here: http://www.northwestern.edu/president/

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Also from the whitehouse.gov:

Ensure the Full and Free Exchange of Ideas through an Open Internet and Diverse Media Outlets

• Protect the Openness of the Internet: Support the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet.
• Encourage Diversity in Media Ownership: Encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse viewpoints, and clarify the public interest obligations of broadcasters who occupy the nation’s spectrum.

And in particular interest to A&RT:

Improve America’s Competitiveness

• Invest in the Sciences: Double federal funding for basic research over ten years, changing the posture of our federal government to one that embraces science and technology.
• Invest in University-Based Research: Expand research initiatives at American colleges and universities. Provide new research grants to the most outstanding early-career researchers in the country.

I realize there are many important pressing issues for our new president to address, but I am hoping these don’t get lost in the shuffle.

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Welcome Mort Schapiro

Along with the Electoral College’s official selection of Barack Obama for President of the United States, Northwestern University is proud to announce the selection of Mort Schapiro as president.

You can watch the introduction on NU’s YouTube Site and while we’re at it, now seems as good a time as any to give a few stats on the NU YouTube site:

Videos Uploaded: 207
Video Views: 280,446

We’ve come a long way since our initial launch and look forward to more great video content in the coming year!

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If you should happen to wander through the NUL’s InfoCommons, you may notice a familiar sight on all of the unused desktops:

You may recall these images from this blog. NUAMPS partnered with the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies (or the Africana Library) at Northwestern University to create these rotating details from the Herskovitz’ collection of African Maps. Selecting a large number of the images (over 100) I put together a slideshow that plays as a screensaver. As a mac addict the challenge for me came in finding a way to replicate the Apple OS X screensaver slideshow function. Fortunately some very clever people figured out a way to do this for me.

The result is pretty spectacular — an unsynchronized visual orchestra of details of maps panning, zooming and moving around in a tranquil display across the room.

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