Computing & Information Services | Brown University

Web Authentication (Shibboleth) provides the Brown community with the ability to protect web resources and exercise fine-grained control of access to those resources to members of the Brown Community and federation partners.

Employees of all types can change thier personal employee data using this service.  Examples of data that can be changed include: home address, emergency contact information, veteran status and ethnicity.   Name and social security number changes must be made through the Human Resources office. 

PASS Computer Training classes are offered during the academic year and include topics such as Microsoft Office, web publishing, graphics, and database software. Most classes are short (1 to 2 hours) and provide a general introduction to the software. Classes are led by undergraduate trainers.

The Multimedia Labs are multi-computer teaching facilities dedicated to the examination, analysis, and production of work in the arts and humanities using emergent computer technologies. We provide equipment and support for the production of graphics, hypertext, video, animation and sound.

Provide IP addresses for use by servers and end user workstations, routing to campus services and internet and DHCP service for dynamic or reserved IP address allocation.