Science & Engineering Node Services (SENS)

Science & Engineering Node Services (SENS) is a full-service, customer-oriented support organization at the University at Buffalo that provides computer and technical support and assistance for six of the seven departments of UB Engineering (SEAS) and the five departments of the College of Arts and Sciences who comprise the Natural Sciences & Mathematics (NSM) disciplines. For CSE support, please visit their IT staff page.

SENS maintains a diverse set of facilities and provides a variety of services including local account creation, timeshare services, email hosting, official and personal web site hosting, consulting, and many other functions for a community of about 7,000 users. For more about SENS, please read our "About SENS" page.

Now that we've introduced ourselves, we welcome you to SENS and encourage you to read how to get started working in our environment.

SENS Alerts!

Bell 101 Is 24 Hours Until May 11th

19 Apr 2012 — The Bell 101 public computing lab will be open and staffed 24 hours until the end of exams on May 11th, 2012.

 

Did You Know … All SENS Users Can Have Personal Web Pages?

If you wish to create a personal web page, just follow the instructions. A little bit of Unix knowledge is required, but once the directory is set up you can edit and maintain your site from any kind of computer, as long as it can access your SENS home directory. Here is more information on our web hosting services.


Latest SENS News & Updates

Bell 101 Is 24 Hours Until May 11th

19 Apr 2012 — The Bell 101 public computing lab will be open and staffed 24 hours until the end of exams on May 11th, 2012.

Updated Pine Available on SENS Timeshares

26 Mar 2012 — "Alpine", the successor to the popular "Pine" email utility, has been updated on the SENS Linux and Solaris timeshare systems, and now supports secure IMAP connections by default.

To use it, type "pine" or "alpine".

And please report any problems to "senshelp@buffalo.edu".

Firefox 11.0 and Thunderbird 11.0 Available for Linux

14 Mar 2012 — The default versions of the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux have been upgraded to version 11.0. To use them, type: 

    /util/mozilla/bin/firefox
    /util/mozilla/bin/thunderbird
Older versions are available if necessary, but we encourage the use of the latest releases.

North Campus Instructional Technology Support Service Desk Has Moved

23 May 2011 — The North Campus instructional technology support service desk, previously located at 24 Capen Hall, has moved to 214 Lockwood, the same location as the CIT Help Desk. The CIT Help Desk customer service representatives will handle instructional technology service requests and incident reports, including:

  • Report classroom technology problems or repairs
  • Place service orders for instructional technology equipment and facilities
  • Access to classroom podium combination locks
  • Receive estimates for equipment rentals
  • Help with classroom technology usage

Communication to the instructional technology service desk will continue unchanged; email to media@buffalo.edu or call 645-2803. Scoring services has previously relocated to the Teaching and Learning Center in 212 Capen Hall.

For all news items see our News page. An RSS feed RSS Feed is also available.

 

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