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Back-to-School raffle prizes
And the Back-to-School raffle winners are….
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Many MIT students entered but only five could win a great prize from IS&T.

Topics: back to school, raffle
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Incoming students: Prepare for life on campus
Monday, August 16, 2021

Get ready for your life on the MIT campus with these IT-related tips and resources.

Topics: security, incoming students, incoming freshmen, freshmen, Dropbox, drupal, drupal cloud, free software, cloud services, eduroam, GitHub, MIT Mobile, microsoft, microsoft office, matlab
Illustration showing an open box with the words “Welcome back to school!”. Surrounding it are a $100 Amazon gift card, silver Sony noise canceling headphones, a red Seagate One Touch external hard drive, a black Ultimate Ears BOOM 3 Bluetooth speaker, and the contents of a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 starter kit. At the bottom is the M-I-T I-S and T logo.
MIT students: Enter IS&T’s Back-to-School raffle!
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Undergraduates and graduate students who will be enrolled at MIT this fall can enter to win noise-cancelling headphones, a Bluetooth speaker, an Amazon gift card, or another great prize!

Topics: back to school, back-to-school, raffle, incoming students, students, new students
Illustration of MIT students downloading software and accessing cloud services.
Incoming students: Get useful software and cloud services
Monday, July 26, 2021

Find out about all of the software and cloud-based services you have access to while you’re an MIT student and where can you find them.

Topics: incoming students, free software, cloud services, Dropbox, onedrive, GitHub
Illustration of MIT students surrounded by cybersecurity symbols.
Incoming students: Secure your devices and data
Monday, July 12, 2021

Here’s what IS&T recommends you do to be digitally secure at MIT.

Topics: incoming students, incoming freshman, new students, back to school, new student, Kerberos, MIT Certificate, certificate, duo, email, SIPB Mailto
Illustration of three MIT students creating their digital MIT identities.
Incoming students: Start your digital life at MIT
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Here’s information about how to create your digital identity at MIT, recommendations for buying a new computer, and where to find key information about IT at the Institute.

Topics: back to school, incoming students, hardware, mobile, OS, operating system, resources, KB, knowledge base, windows, mac, linux
Illustration of three people standing near a roadsign that says “Renewal Ahead” and painting a large container with a red I-S and T logo and the words Cert-Aid.
Time to renew your MIT certificates!
Monday, June 21, 2021

Renew your digital certificates before they expire on July 31.

Topics: certificates, certaid, renewal
Screenshot of Set your password screen in M-I-T Atlas mobile app.
Counting the ways you can change your Kerberos password
Monday, June 7, 2021

If you work or study at MIT and need to change your Kerberos password, you have several methods to choose from.

Topics: security, password, Kerberos
A hand holding an iPhone displaying the WiFi setting screen which shows it connected to the eduroam network.
Get connected, around the globe, with eduroam
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

MIT community members have access to eduroam, a free, secure, high-speed WiFi network available at thousands of schools, research facilities, and other locations worldwide.

Topics: eduroam
A man sitting on a couch next to a sleeping dog, On his lap is an open laptop on a man's lap showing a Zoom meeting window.
Best practices for collaborating remotely
Friday, May 28, 2021

IS&T recommends following these tips to make working with others when away from the MIT campus as seamless and secure as possible.

Topics: remote working, collaboration, collaboration tools

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