University Offices Reopen and Classes Resume Following Hurricane Gustav
All LSU offices and departments, classes, public events and related activities resumed on Monday, Sept. 8, following the campus closures for Hurricane Gustav, which made landfall Sept. 1, causing damage and power loss to the campus and much of the Baton Rouge area.
Because the faculty and students lost four days of the fall semester, the University has revised the academic calendar. Fall Holiday, originally scheduled for Oct. 9 and 10, is now canceled, and students will be asked to come into class on one of four Saturdays during the semester to make up the lost class time. Please check with your course instructor or dean/department head for more information on class makeup times.
LSU is updating all post-Gustav information at the campus emergency response Web site, http://www.lsu.edu/safety/ERP/academiccalchange.shtml. Please check there for updates on the academic calendar changes, building closures and other news.
The LSU EOC is monitoring Hurricane Ike, which is forecast to enter the Gulf of Mexico later this week. If emergency responses are needed on campus in preparation for that storm, all students, faculty and staff will be alerted. Please continue to regularly check the University Web site and your PAWS e-mail for the latest updates.
At CCT
• The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative had to kill all running jobs on Queen Bee because of power loss from Hurricane Gustav. The compute nodes have been shut down. As conditions improve, Queen Bee will go back into production. LONI apologizes for the inconvenience.
• The CCT Annex sustained roof and water damage during Hurricane Gustav. All CCT Administration staff – Business Office, Events, Human Resources, Public Relations and Grants – are temporarily working in the Johnston basement as the building is restored. The phone lines are being connected in the temporary office space, so please contact Administration staff at their usual phone numbers or by e-mail if you need to reach them.
• The Lakeshore House, which housed LSU Public Affairs, sustained heavy damage during the hurricane. Public Affairs staff are working in the CCT’s Frey Imaginarium space. Given the extensive repairs needed at Lakeshore House, Public Affairs will likely be occupying that space for several weeks. CCT will develop a plan so researchers still can access the visualization resources in that room. CCT will provide more information on the process to use the Imaginarium viz wall and other resources in the coming days.
Pats on the Back:
• Many thanks to all who helped out with Gustav relief, both on and off campus!
Upcoming Lectures:
• Dr. Zheng’s seminar scheduled for Tuesday Sept. 2 was canceled because of Hurricane Gustav. The seminar will be rescheduled for a later date.
• The IT Eminent Lecture Series on Multiscale Simulation of Biochemical Systems still will host Linda Petzold from the University of California Santa Barbara as a speaker. The lecture, originally scheduled for last week, will be rescheduled for a later date.
• The CCT Colloquium lecture series will resume this fall. Colloquium will take place at 11:30 each Friday in Johnston 338. Attendance is required for CCT faculty, staff and research students.
Please Note:
• Please take time at the beginning of this new semester to review your profile information on the CCT Web site and update it as necessary, listing any new projects or research you are currently involved with at the center.
• The Physics Block Party initially scheduled for last Wednesday now will be held Friday, Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m. The event will take place in the rooms and hall near the library on the second floor of Nicholson and is open to the entire Physics community. Come for pizza, sodas and games. Contact Brad Shaefer for more details at Schaefer@grb.phys.lsu.edu
• Abstract submission dates have been extended for the 5th High-End Visualization Workshop, sponsored by CCT and LITE, which will take place Oct. 27-31. New dates are:
o Abstracts due: Sept. 22
o Full paper due: Sept. 25
o Notification of acceptance: Sept. 28
o Camera ready version due: Sept. 30
To register, or for more information on submissions, please visit http://www.cct.lsu.edu/vizworkshop08 .
• Please be aware of deadlines for CSIE 2009, which will take place from March 31-Apr. 2 in Los Angeles, CA. The deadline for application submission is Sept. 30. Contact Karen Jones at kjones@cct.lsu.edu for more information.
• ALL CCT meetings for the fall semester will take place on Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 12 and Dec. 17. All meetings take place at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend. Please be aware that these dates and times may change. If you have announcements or news for the ALL CCT meetings, please send these to Events Manager Karen Jones at kjones@cct.lsu.edu.
• If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at ksunde@cct.lsu.edu.
Upcoming Grant Deadlines:
Note: Please see the CCT deadline Web site, as many NSF deadlines are listed here:
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/about/grants/deadlines/events.php
Publish Date:
09-09-2008
