At the October 27, 2005 NERCOMP meeting entitled "Let No Good Deed Go Unpunished," Leo Hill, Leslie Hitch, and Glenn Pierce from Northeastern University gave a presentation about how they planned for and implemented a university computer cluster that serves the research agendas of a wide array of Northeastern's faculty. At the October 27, 2005 NERCOMP meeting entitled “Let No Good Deed Go Unpunished,” Leo Hill, Leslie Hitch and Glenn Pierce from Northeastern University gave a presentation about how they planned for and implemented a university computer cluster that serves the research agendas of a wide array of Northeastern’s faculty. Mike Roy attended the meeting and lets us know about some some of the exciting outcomes--and repercussions--of a campus-wide (and perhaps nationwide) change in attitudes and support for the idea that IT-supported research can fundamentally change for the better how we conduct research and eventually how we educate our students.

Virginia Kuhn admits that she's slightly biased, but she provides a glowing review of what she calls "a program that allows writers to both theorize and enact the types of literacies necessary for life in the 21st-century, wired world." We include a TK3 version of the review, and a link to download a free TK3 reader so that AC readers can see for themselves!