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UNC grad students can submit theses and dissertations online
After spending hundreds – possibly thousands – of hours on your Master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation, you don’t want to spend a few more printing it on the right paper and standing in line to submit it in person.
That’s why Information Technology Services staff collaborated with representatives from the Graduate School, the School of Information and Library Science and the University Library to create a way for students to submit their theses and dissertations online using ProQuest interactive software.
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Busted stuff
The UNC-Chapel Hill student was cycling to campus as usual. He balanced expertly while wearing a heavy backpack filled with textbooks and his laptop.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a pedestrian stepped onto the road and into his bike’s path. Swerving to miss her, the student lost most of the contents of his bag – including the laptop. As he watched in horror, his computer skidded into the road and was instantly run over by four cars.
A terrible story that strikes fear in many a heart is – surprisingly – not a unique one. The ITS Response Center (ITRC) hears some pretty outrageous stories when students bring their computers in for repairs.
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Don’t lose that final paper!
“It’s not a question of ‘if’ your hard drive will fail,” says ITRC Associate Director Bruce Egan. “It’s a question of ‘when.’”
Whether you’re saving final papers on your computer, or all your notes for that final exam, you don’t want to lose them. And if your hard drive crashes and you haven’t backed up your files, there’s no way for the Help Desk to retrieve them. That’s why data backup is so important.
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The 411 on RSS
RSS: it may still sound foreign to you now, but this “really simple” emerging technology will soon be the accepted norm for getting news and information ASAP.
RSS stands for “really simple syndication” or “rich site summary.” It’s basically a way to pick and choose the news and information you would like to receive, and then have it delivered straight to your computer without the unnecessary content, Web surfing and ads.
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