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The HCA classroom at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business connects business students and professionals from around the world. and the business school was one of the earliest adopters, shares Tracy Futhey, president of information technology and CIO. The university installed several Cisco TelePresence units around campus in 2009, and in early 2010 renovated a large lecture hall in Fuqua. Called the HCA Classroom, it features high-definition video and highquality audio using three 103-inch plasma displays, six 1080p cameras, two document cameras on a podium, and 66 custom push-to-talk microphones. It can hold more than 140 people and is the largest of the 12 telepresence rooms on campus. “Even before the current generation of technologies and products existed, Fuqua had been innovating in how the use of immersive video technologies can eliminate geographic barriers,” says Futhey. Similarly, when Robert Morris University (Pa.) was planning for its new business school building that opened in August 2011, administrators realized that telepresence and business can easily go hand in hand. The new 18,000-square-foot building houses the U.S. Steel Center, featuring a telepresence area that serves as a resource for companies and other organizations to provide corporate training and business certifications, shares Derya A. Jacobs, dean of the school of business. The telepresence center will also contribute to workforce training and development efforts in Greater Pittsburgh. “The students will have direct exposure to the day-to-day workings of the universitybusiness.com January 2012 | 39  http://www.universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - January 2012

University Business - January 2012
Contents
Editor's Note
College Index
Ad Index
Behind the News
Human Resources
Campus CFo
Getting Carded
Choosing telepresence
boosting the bottom line
Printer Purchase Pointers
Money Matters
Viewpoint
End Note

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