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EDUCAUSE announced the winners of its 2009 Leadership and Catalyst Awards-—Seminars on Academic Computing (1970–2007) and Federated Identity Management Systems, respectively.

Through these annual awards, EDUCAUSE recognizes outstanding leaders, innovations, and initiatives in higher education IT. Recipients of the 2009 awards will be honored before more than 6,000 colleagues at the association's annual conference, scheduled for November 3-6 in Denver.

Learn more about the EDUCAUSE Awards Program.

EDUCAUSE and VeriSign announced today the initiation of a project to enhance Internet reliability and stability. By the end of March 2010, the project will deploy a security system known as Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) within the .edu portion of the Internet, which EDUCAUSE manages under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce. When the project is completed, institutions whose domain names end in .edu will be able to incorporate a digital signature into those names to limit a variety of security vulnerabilities. Read more in the press release.

Submit a presentation proposal for the 2010 NERCOMP Annual Conference, "The Next-Generation University: Rethinking IT in Disruptive Times," which will be held March 8-10 in Providence, Rhode Island. The program will follow these key topic areas:

The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, the National Cyber Security Alliance, CyberWATCH, and ResearchCh

Joanne M. Kossuth, vice president for operations and chief information officer of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, was appointed to the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors at its meeting on July 28, 2009. Kossuth assumes the seat vacated by Scott Siddall, formerly of Kenyon College, who stepped down due to his move into private business. Read more in the press release.

One of the most beneficial aspects of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is the chance to network with colleagues from across the globe about crucial challenges facing college campuses today.

EDUCAUSE Review, having received awards for several successive years, continued its winning streak in 2009 by recently garnering four major awards in three national and international publication competitions. Read more in the press release.

The program for EDUCAUSE 2009 is now online. This year's conference, November 3–6 in Denver, presents an unsurpassed opportunity to tap into an expansive pool of the best thinking in higher education IT:

The call for proposals is now open for the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010—submit a presentation proposal to help create a novel and informative program and highlight your institution's achievements. The submission deadline is September 16, 2009.

The program for this leading event in higher education IT will follow these tracks: