What is “mice”?
Mice (which in this case is a singular noun, not plural) is a web-based database system for departmental records of various sorts, including but not limited to doctoral program records. You may login to mice at https://mice.cs.columbia.edu/, using your regular departmental (Unix) userid, but a different password (which will be emailed to you on your first access to mice, and you should then change this password as soon as possible from within mice). Note that your departmental userid (and password) may not be the same as any lab or group userid you may have been issued, e.g., for use on Windows or Macintosh PCs. Your departmental userid may also be different from your university userid, also known as your “uni”, which is used for various university-related computer and web access outside the department. Most personal computers and workstations in the department are equipped with a mechanical or optical mouse. If you spot any of the furry variety of mice anywhere around the department,
