Search better on UNLV.edu

Couldn't find what you want on the university (UNLV.edu) site?

Are you frustrated with the poor quality of the UNLV.edu search engine?

Here's a way to find Google quality search results on the UNLV site. The solution is to use Google itself for searching the university website.

1. Search for UNLV on Google.

2. You see the first result as UNLV.edu (obviously)

3. Along with the link to unlv.edu, Google search incorporates other most popular links within unlv.edu domain and gives a search bar to search within this domain.

Google has been doing this for long and this is the first time, I found it useful. Its not just for UNLV, its applicable to not only sites in .edu domain but also popular sites in other domains (.com, .info, etc) too.

Summer and India travel

Last year, same time I was back home lazing around, spending time with my friends and family. I wish I were there this time too. But the need to seize the opportunity kept me back in Vegas.

Experiences from the home country are always fascinating, no matter whom they come from. Among the committee members Surbhi, Pranjali and Sangeeta are the are touring India this Summer. If you get a chance, blog your experiences. Here is Sangeeta's tour blog.

JOSH - India Night, Spring 2008

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OPT period extended for 29 months!

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended Optional Practical Training (OPT) period from 12 months to 29 months for qualified F1 students.

In a press release, DHS says "By extending the training period by an additional 17 months to students who are employed by businesses enrolled in E-Verify, we are ensuring a legal workforce in the U.S. and aiding good corporate citizens."

This would mean a lot more flexible plans for students on F1 visa status. For me, I need not spend on H1 visa to get my two years work experience before I pursue my other goals.

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Fashion 101

I've found this story pretty interesting. Its posted on The Tech (online edition) run by students at MIT.

Click here for the story.

Potluck Spring 2008

Live Tech Support

Chris Pirillo hosts a live stream at live.pirillo.com. He conducts live tech support call sessions.

Watch him play around with web services, softwares and other geeky stuff.. If you have a question, ask him live NOW...

Auto forward from University email account to your primary email account!

Often we curse for logging into multiple email accounts, especially university mail account. We can auto forward all our emails in university mail (unlv.nevada.edu) to our primary mail account (say gmail).

Go to UNLV Home Page.
Click on Current Students.
In the new page, click on 'Activate now' button under rebel mail section.
On the left hand side menu, find and click on 'Forward email'
Click on the link on step #1: Log into account management.

Or

Click here

Most of the students already auto forward emails from their university email account. This post should help the rest.

Potluck Spring '08

Hi, just wanted to see if you guys have any new ideas for the potluck, like a theme, games, music, or anything other ideas that you might have about how we can improve or enhance it.

Memories

Randomly surfing the net for something, I stumbled upon this -->.

It SUDDENLY brought back a massive flood of memories from childhood. My dad would play it on repeat, and it was one of the only songs that distracted me long enough to have my dinner. There's something inherently happiness-inducing about it. So yes, definitely one of my top childhood memory songs. We all have songs that remind us of our diaper/cerelac days. What are some of _yours_?

I love this Ad!

saying hello :)

Good job on setting up the blog, Mr. President! :)

With this blog being up there on Google blog search, it is only fair we vamp it up. And since I'm one of the lesser known faces in the ISA, I should probably introduce myself (some ego stroking never hurt).

My name's Sangeeta, but I respond to anything from Sangsta to Volkswagen.

I'm the Advertising Chair for the ISA :). I recently moved to the US from Canada to do my PhD in Experimental Psychology and music cognition. As I write this, I am in my bedroom back home in beautiful Hamilton, a small city of about 500,000, where I did my schooling from. I completed my undergrad in Biology and Psychology from McMaster University. When I was not memorizing organic chemistry structures, or promoting Freud's theories, I spent my time taking sitar lessons or working with children with developmental disorders. I spent my early childhood in Bangalore, India, and a few years in Hamamtsu, Japan. Living in different countries has given me an appreciation for the beauty that each culture has.

I passionately love my family, Tim Hortons, Canadian healthcare, and Louis Vuitton.

I dream of some day being a university professor studying cross-cultural aspects of music. I also dream of owning an entire closet full of Louis Vuitton originals :)

So yes, if you know me already, hey again :) And if you dont know me, then do come by and say hello. And no, I cant read minds :)

ISA Maitri Crawled!!

When I tried to "ego-surf" for the ISA Maitri on Google blog search, I observed that the Maitri official blog is the first result. Efforts are to be made to post content regularly by all members of the ISA commitee. Feed from all the members would be highly regarded.

I'm leaving the screen shot of the search I made.