Category Archives: NUAMPS

Northwestern Drupal Developers Unite at DrupalCon Portland 2013

By Alex Miner on 21 May 2013 – 4:08 pm
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  Alex Miner of NUIT A&RT AMPS (left), Jacob Collins of NUIT A&RT Software Development Group (right) and Richard Goodrow of the NU School of Communications (middle) arrived in Portland, Oregon yesterday for DrupalCon Portland 2013. Upon arrival, the three set out a plan to divide and conquer, each selecting different sessions that they could take notes on and bring back to their [...]

NUIT A&RT Presenting @ CMSEXPO 2013

By Harlan Wallach on 15 May 2013 – 6:26 am
Location: (42° 2' 42"N x 88° 18' 44"W)

Traveling all the way to downtown Evanston this afternoon to present at the 2013 CMS EXPO at the Orrington Hotel. The name of my talk today is “Using Drupal in Higher Education: A Flexible Tool in a Mixed CMS Environment“, and you can read about it here.

Conversations with Morton Schapiro, live @ 10AM

By Harlan Wallach on 23 Apr 2013 – 9:52 am
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Once again, NUIT A&RT is supporting the University President’s annual address. We’re broadcasting the event from Hughes Auditorium in the Lurie Building on the Chicago Campus. Live webcast starts at 10AM.

Deirdre Lee joins NUIT A&RT AMPS

By Deirdre Lee on 16 Apr 2013 – 9:13 am
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My name is Deirdre and I’m proud to join the NUIT A&RT AMPS team as a Digital Media Specialist. I earned a BA with Honors in Communication Studies and a minor in Studio Art from the University of Iowa. After working several years as a Video Specialist in Distance Education and Learning Technologies at the [...]

In Memoriam – Dawn Clark Netsch

By Stephen Poon on 13 Apr 2013 – 2:41 pm
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Today we remember former Illinois Comptroller and Professor of Law Dawn Clark Netsch, who passed away on March 5th this year. A memorial service in remembrance of her life and service is being held at Northwestern University’s Thorne Auditorium, and we are on site to record and provide overflow room video feeds for the afternoon’s [...]

The 1st Coursera Partners Conference

By Harlan Wallach on 6 Apr 2013 – 9:37 am
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It is not too frequent an occurrence when a single conference attracts University presidents and provosts, top faculty, University CIOs, technology leaders, instructional designers and videographers. That is what is happening here at Penn this weekend. Add in the attention of NYTIMES journalist Thomas Friedman who ended the opening forum with this message: “Everything that [...]

ECON 318 LoudCloud Pilot

By Deirdre Lee on 4 Apr 2013 – 3:54 pm
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Today was the first day of Professor Lynne Kiesling’s Economic 318 History of Economic Thought course. Professor Kiesling is piloting NUIT Academic & Research Technologies experiment with a new Learning Management System called LoudCloud Systems. I am the Project Manager for this exciting and innovative LoudCloud pilot and have been working closely with NUIT A&RT, [...]

Inaugural Mobile Meetup with Miranda Mulligan

By Harlan Wallach on 19 Mar 2013 – 12:09 pm
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  Miranda Mulligan, Executive Director of the Knight Lab at Medill-McCormick Center for Innovation in Technology, Media, and Journalism, led off the “NUIT Mobile Meet Up” lunchtime talks. It was a phenomenal introductory talk. If you missed the talk, there is another tomorrow on the Chicago Campus. Highly recommended, register for the talk tomorrow here: http://www.it.northwestern.edu/learning/mobilemeetups/index.html [...]

Nestle-Purina – Video Case Study #3

By Mark Skala on 14 Mar 2013 – 7:25 pm
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NUIT has had the good fortune to work with the Northwestern University Masters of Engineering Management Program, Buckman Associates, and the American Society of Quality to produce a series of video case studies with the Mayo Clinic and Corning Inc. to explore the initiatives and nation-wide influences of a quality-focused company philosophy. Today we are producing a [...]

Greetings From 2East!

By Nick Gertonson on 8 Mar 2013 – 3:47 pm
Location: (42° 2' 42"N x 88° 18' 44"W)

Hi everyone! My name is Nick Gertonson and I am pleased to introduce myself to you as the newest member of the NUAMPS Web team! While I am a new member of the web team, I’m not exactly new to NUAMPS as a whole. I just recently graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelors degree [...]

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