Software used on Allegheny College public lab computers is listed below. Follow links to download or purchase a copy for your personal computer. Note: all software is free unless otherwise indicated.
Browsers and Plug-Ins
- Acrobat Reader
- Chime: a chemical structure visualization plug-in.
- Cortona VRML Client
Other Software
- Core FTP Lite, free FTP program for Windows.
- Fetch, FTP program for Mac OSX. Fetch is free for educational use, learn more about licensing Fetch at Allegheny.
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus can be purchased at special pricing through our membership in the Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of PA from JourneyEd. Registered faculty and staff are eligible for this special pricing. See the web site for full details.
- Trend Micro OfficeScan, free for download when students register on the GatorNet residence hall network.
- UltraEdit: 45 day free evaluation; $49.95 to register.
- Students and educators are eligible for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools. All you need is a valid school email address.
- NOTE: This is provided by Microsoft and is not a service provided by Allegheny College.
Course Software
- Cn3D: a helper application for your web browser that allows you to view 3-dimensional chemical structures.
- ChemDraw: Allegheny has a site license for ChemDraw. Students and faculty are entitled to a free download of this software for installation on a personal computer.
- JMP Statistical software is available for student and faculty personal use.
- Kaleidagraph: Students currently enrolled in a class using Kaleidagraph are eligible to obtain a free copy of Kaleidagraph for their personal computer.
- LaTeX
- Mnova is available for student and faculty use on both Windows and Mac platforms.
- Mathematica: Mathematica is available for download and installation on both student and faculty computers.
- ModFlow 2000: MODFLOW is a three-dimensional finite-difference ground-watermodel.
- PHREEQC: PHREEQC is a computer program designed to perform a wide variety of low-temperature aqueous geochemical calculations.
- SPSS: Academic pricing available.