Quick Facts about Technology on Campus
Educational Computing
Owlnet is the educational computing environment providing computer labs, specialized software, and network access for all undergraduate and graduate students.
Lab and Classroom Workstations
- Owlnet computer labs: 35 (includes a lab in each student residence)
- Total computing seats: 442
- Macintosh seats: 52
- PC seats: 347
- Unix seats: 43
- Software applications: 200+
Residential Computing
- Owlnet lab in each residence building
- Network port for each student
- On-site help in residences provided by College Computing Associates (students paid to support the other students in their building)
Instructional Technology
- Total campus classrooms: 112
- Classrooms equipped with technology: 87
- Full Podium: 51
- Podium Jr.: 14
- Access Grid rooms: 2
- Videoconferencing rooms: 9
- Video Production Venues: 7
Network
- Network ports: 21,000 (includes one port per student in residences)
- User devices: 13,000
- Network elements: 800
- Wiring closets: 154
- Miles of network cable: 30
Telecommunications
- Telephones, modems, faxes: 5,236
- Voice menu services: 287
- Average daily voicemail messages: 10,900+
Service Center Hours
- Help Desk: 60 hours/week
- Operations Center: 24/7/365
- Switchboard: 45 hours/week
Training Classes
- Short Courses taught per year: 175
- Participants per year: 900
- Topics: 47
Customers*
- Total: 7,495
- Undergraduate students: 2,933
- Graduate students: 1,922
- Full-time faculty: 538
- Part-time faculty: 122
- Other faculty (adjunct): 212
- Full-time staff: 1,525
- Part-time staff: 243
IT Staff
Information Technology Staff: 122.3
Computing Policy
- Rice Appropriate Use of Computer Resources
- Using Owlnet

