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There’s more to technology than computer science, says U.S. Imaging Network’s CIO Peter Wallace—in fact, he likens the inherent nature of creative problem solving to a more artistic process. Bringing his vision to the New York-based firm in 2017, Wallace delivered substantial results to the firm that offers medical and health diagnostic consulting services, as […]

Back in 2018 Unmesh Srivastava lost the healthiest man he ever knew: his father. It came as a complete shock to him because his father, Anil Srivastava, lived an exemplary lifestyle: walking up to 10 miles a day, eating a vegetarian diet and never drinking or smoking. Then, suddenly, he was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer […]

It’s something of a perfect storm confronting New York City’s biggest provider of mental health and social services. The need has been so high in the wakes of COVID-19 and racial justice demonstrations, and the means of delivery so challenged with most everybody being urged to stay home. Times like these only underscore the need […]

Born in a refugee camp in war-torn Thailand, Ubon Boutsomsi says the first problem he had to solve was staying alive. Named after the city in which he was born without a birth certificate, was Boutsomsi’s starting point. But with a knack for figuring things out, he became a technology specialist with an uncanny ability […]

The striking nature of the Grand Canyon State has molded life there, but not just wildlife. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, Northern Arizona University (NAU) draws inspiration from its chiseled, mountainous location 7,000-feet above sea level. NAU’s IT department draws particular inspiration from its surroundings and embraces the “frontier town” mentality of Flagstaff, which sits between […]

In September 2008, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) had about a thousand devices connected to its campus wireless network during peak hours. By September 2016, that number had jumped to more than 20,000. Now, as students come to campus with an average of five devices—cell phones, laptops, tablets—they bring with them new […]

When University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst IT asked students to help improve their information security messaging, the students had a ready answer. In focus groups, they said: “Stop giving us the same old posters. Stop giving us campaigns that you created. We’re a generation that wants to build with you and you need to make […]

College students aren’t especially keen on waking up early. So, when 4,233 University of Tennessee students, faculty and staff gathered in the university’s Neyland Stadium, it was impressive for two reasons. First, those students showed up at 6 a.m. Second, they broke the Guinness World Record for largest letter formed by humans—a University of Tennessee […]