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UConn Offers Modern Visual Programming Certificate
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Business New Haven
4/19/1999
By: BNH
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In response to a recent survey, almost 70 percent of leading companies in the information-technology field said that “few” applicants for IT jobs had the skills the companies were seeking. The University of Connecticut is responding to this “skills gap,” which it says accounted for more than 340,000 unfilled IT jobs in the U.S. last year alone, with a certificate program in Modern Visual Programming. The three- or four-day courses begin this month and are held at UConn's downtown Hartford campus. The course is designed and taught by author, columnist and editor Gary Cornell and focus on two the most popular and useful programming languages: Java and Visual Basic. The program is divided into five courses (Java I-II, Visual Basic I-III), which can be taken individually or in sequence. Participants successfully completing at least three of the five courses will be eligible for a certificate in Modern Visual Programming. A 20-percent discount is offered to enrollees in three or more courses. For particulars, call 800-622-9905.
This Isn't Brain Surgery
The ability to perform brain surgery without making a single incision may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it's a reality at the Fr. Michael J. McGivney Center for Cancer Care at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven. The state-of-the-art BrainLab System allows patients to be treated without the risks, costs and recovery time associated with traditional craniotomy. Most patients return home the same day they receive the 20-minute treatment and resume normal activities in a day or two. The procedure uses a technique called stereotactic radiosurgery, which sends a thin beam of high energy photons, from multiple angles, to brain lesions - tumors, malformations and other intercranial dysfunctions - while minimizing radiation to surrounding healthy tissue. The radiation is delivered quicker and with more accuracy than in other radiosurgical systems. Since unveiling the system in November, the center has performed the treatment on a handful of patients with various brain lesions.
Mountain Computer Support Inks Cheshire Pact
Mountain Computer Support was awarded a contract to install and provide the electronics for a wide area network (WAN) for the town of Cheshire. The project, which will take two years, will enable all facilities in the town to be connected by a shared network infrastructure, including the Department of Education, all seven schools, library, police and fire headquarters and several other municipal facilities. Mountain will also provide comprehensive training for users. The majority of data services will be centrally located on equipment in the Town Hall, although the network will provide data access to all municipal and educational facilities. The plan for this initiative is for all students, teachers, administrators and town employees to access the network. Eventually vendors, residents and others will be able to gain access to certain services provided by the town as well.
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