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...dial-up service was first offered over 20 years ago, when phone-based modems were considered cutting edge, and has since become something of a relic among Harvard internet users. Current usage has dwindled to an average of two users a day—a level at which FAS IT “can no longer justify the large expense of maintaining the service,” said spokesman Noah S. Selsby ’94. Almost all of the dial-up users were faculty and staff accessing the modem pool from their homes, Selsby said. Citing departmental policy, Selsby...
Levine, who was named the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ first CIO in 2005, is responsible for significantly improving the FAS network by reducing the number of outages, bolstering high-performance computing programs, and strengthening plans for the University Desktop program—a standardization of computers among faculty and staff to improve support service...
...interim replacement has not yet been identified, according to an e-mailed statement from FAS Dean Michael D. Smith to faculty and staff. Until an appointment is made, acting FAS Dean for Administration Catherine Gorodentsev will take care of Levine’s responsibilities. Gorodentsev could not be reached for comment yesterday...
...Most FAS IT staff workers contacted by The Crimson yesterday declined to comment, citing a policy that requires all media inquiries to be forwarded to FAS IT spokesman Noah S. Selsby...
Further budget cuts loom at FAS, which is still scrambling to close the $143 million deficit that remains after the cuts. Harvard College Library, which runs the popular Lamont, Cabot Science, and Widener Libraries, cut over 20 staffers and restricted circulation at its Fung Library...