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Upcoming Upgrade to MyMedia Captioning: What to Expect We are excited to inform you about an upcoming upgrade to MyMedia, Boston University’s streaming platform. This improvement will introduce a more optimized captioning system, enhancing media accessibility and making it easier to request, manage and edit captions within your media content. WHAT’S CHANGING? On Saturday, November…

UPDATE: We have postponed the upgrade of the MyMedia V2 player to the V7 player due to an unforeseen issue. We are working with the vendor to rectify the issue so we can upgrade it in the future. We are excited to inform you about an upcoming upgrade to the media player in Blackboard and…

On August 1, Chris Sedore assumes the role of Vice President of Information Services & Technology and Chief Information Officer at Boston University.  He will oversee a staff of over 400, shaping BU’s digital operations and guiding teams across both the Charles River and Medical Campuses. Chris joins us from Tufts University, where he managed…

We are writing to inform you of several initiatives taking place this summer to enhance wireless service across campus. Our efforts include replacing older wireless access points, transitioning from BU (802.1x) to eduroam*, a global roaming wireless access service, and updating our wireless certificate. These upgrades aim to provide better security, coverage, reliability, and support for…

Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procure to Pay services will have a scheduled downtime beginning at 6:00 pm on Friday June 21, 2024, through 6:00 pm on Sunday, June 23, 2024. This is necessary to perform updates to the BUworks platform. Please plan for this outage accordingly. During this time, the…

Beginning Saturday June 1, 2024, a storage quota will be enforced on all BU Google accounts.. Google deems “storage” as the total amount of data on Drive, Gmail with attachments, Shared Drives, and Photos. Storage quotas will implemented as follows: Faculty/Emeritus accounts: 150GB Student accounts: 15GB Staff accounts: 15GB Retiree accounts: 15GB Affiliate/Departmental accounts: 15GB If…

IS&T is excited to announce the availability of the new Microsoft Teams desktop app. This updated Microsoft Teams carries with it significantly improved performance, especially on Macs, and will be Microsoft’s focus for all future new Teams features. Beginning Tuesday, December 5th, you’ll see a toggle switch in Teams inviting you to try the new…

Please be advised that BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will have scheduled downtime beginning at 6:00 pm on Friday, December 1, 2023 through 2:00 pm Sunday December 3, 2023. This is necessary to perform annual updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services, including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal entries,…

Please be advised that on Saturday June 3, 2023, BUworks Finance, Human Resources, and Procurement services will undergo scheduled downtime from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. This is necessary to perform updates to the BUworks platform. All BUworks services including time entry submission and approval, paystub viewing, journal entries, bank updates and address information, student/staff/faculty…

Several fraudulent emails are being received by members of the BU community. This communication is to alert you to this particular fraud and to help you spot phishing emails in general. If you receive a suspicious email, forward it to abuse@bu.edu. Summary of Incident: BUPD is reminding our community to remain vigilant about fraud. Many…