The Computer-Assisted Communications Program is a means to dynamically link the human resources from the Clinical Epidemiology Centers at the Universities of Pennsylvania and North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the USA and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Javeriana's R-CERTC) at Santafe de Bogota, Columbia. This initiative is aimed at providing support for the production and dissemination of knowledge in Clinical Epidemiology and related disciplines. In particular, the CACP is in place to facilitate easy, inexpensive and timely contact and interaction among scholars, faculty, researchers, and students from the participant institutions. In addition, CACP offers a variety of Internet-based tools for the dissemination of the principles and methods of rational thinking in health sciences and Evidence-Based Medicine, ranging from descriptive documents and scientific papers made available through the World Wide Web, to distance learning computer-assisted tutorials and courses, to Internet-based bi-directional communication channels including Chat, IP-based telephone, videotelephone, and videoconferencing. For more information, see the CCAP website.

Expanding access to antiquity

The ancient city of Corinth, Greece has been excavated since 1895, creating a vast accumulation of information that is being digitized. The Digital Corinth Project teams at the University of Pennsylvania and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens are designing a unique system for tagging of digital components and the creation of tools and lesson plans that draw on the data to present learning opportunities on the architecture, city planning, social and religious life of the city of Corinth during the Roman occupation in 44 BC. Students and teachers from around the world will be able to utilize these learning resources and opportunities without ever leaving their classrooms.