Mugar Computer Lab

The Mugar Computer Lab is for use by the Fletcher community and IDs will be checked at the door. It is located on the first level of Mugar Hall and is for the use of Fletcher students ONLY. The only exception to this is when all other labs are closed. During those times, all Tufts students may use this lab.

Phone: 617.627.5601

Hours

Regular Hours (Sept 2, 2008 - May 5, 2009)
Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 2:00am
Friday 8:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday Noon - Midnight
Summer Hours I (May 18, 2009 - June 26, 2009)
Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 8:30pm
Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday Closed
May 26, 2008
Memorial Day
Closed
Summer Hours II (June 27, 2009- August, 2009)
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday - Sunday Closed
July 4, 2009 Independence Day Closed
Holiday/Special Hours 2008-2009
Fletcher Orientation Week
Schedule Fall 2008
Tuesday, Aug 12 - Friday, Aug 15: CLOSED for Maintenance
Monday, Aug 18 - Friday, Aug 22: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Monday, Aug 25: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday, Aug 26: 9:00am - 12:00noon
Wednesday, Aug 27: CLOSED for Orientation
Thursday, Aug 28 - Monday, Sept 1: 9:00am - 5:00pm
October 13, 2008
Columbus Day
12:00 noon - 2:00am (hours are dependent on staff availability)
November 11, 2008
Veterans Day
12:000 noon - 8:00pm (hours are dependent on staff availability)
Nov. 25, 2008
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
9:00am - 5:00pm (holiday hours are dependent on staff availability)
Nov. 26, 2008 - Nov. 29, 2008
Thanksgiving
Closed (the lab will be open regular hours on Sunday, Nov 30)
December 2008 Extended Hours for Reading Period* Friday, Dec 5, 2008: 8:00am - Midnight
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008: 9:00am - Midnight
Sunday, Dec 7, 2008: 11:00am - 2:00am
Dec. 22, 2008 - Jan 9, 2009
(Winter Break)
M-F 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sat-Sun - Closed
Jan. 19, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr B'day
9:00am - 5:00pm (holiday hours are dependent on staff availability)
Feb. 16, 2009
Presidents day
8:00am - 2:00am (hours are dependent on staff availability)
*March 14 -22, 2009
(Spring Break)
M-F 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat - Sun 9am - 5pm
(hours are dependent on staff availability)
April 20, 2009
Patriot's Day
8:00 am - 2:00 am (hours are dependent on staff availability)
April 2009 Extended Hours for Reading Period Friday, April 18: 8:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday, April 19: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sunday, April 20: 11:00am - 2:00am
May 6- 8, 2009 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
May 11 - 15, 2009
(Senior Week)
M - F 9:00am - 5:00pms
(Closed May 9-10 and May 16-17)


*Note: Intersession/holiday hours are dependent on staff availability.


Location
The Mugar Lab is located on on the first level of Mugar Hall, next to the Olin Center.


Hardware & Software
Each computer is connected to a Dell PowerEdge 4400 server running Windows 2003 Server. Fletcher School students can authenticate to this server and store personal files in secure drive space provided for their use only. Technology in the Mugar Lab includes:

  • 26 DELL P4 3GHZ workstations with 1GB RAM
  • 2 iMac G5 workstations
  • 2 HP Laserjet 4200 series networked laser printers, available for each PC and Mac
  • 1 HP Scanjet 4400c scanner for PC

The PCs in Mugar are running Windows XP Professional as an operating system, while the Macs are running Tiger.

The following software is currently available on the Windows XP computers:

  • A Force More Powerful
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader 8
  • Adobe PhotoShop CS
  • Acrobat Pro 6.0
  • ArcGIS
  • CPA Test Prep
  • Emerging Markets Database
  • Google Earth
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2003
  • Microsoft Office 2007
  • OfficeScan Antivirus
  • Pagis OCR Editor
  • Sonic Record Now!
  • SPSS 16
  • Stata 8 (5 licenses)
  • WS-FTP95

The Macs have the following software:

  • Excel 2004
  • Word 2004
  • PowerPoint 2004
  • Safari
  • Norton Antivirus 10
  • Firefox

If you are a faculty member and require software to be installed throughout the lab, please click here for guidelines.


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