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Enhancing your login security: Important MFA-Duo updates coming soon

Starting Jun 2: UW–‍Madison will implement 3 important updates to our Duo multi-factor authentication (MFA) service to better protect your NetID account while improving your login experience.

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IT never sleeps. There’s always news to share. Here’s the latest from our digital campus and beyond.

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Virtual Office Hours With CIO Lois Brooks

Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer.

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Register now for the 2025 IT Professionals Conference

Register by May 14 to attend the conference in person at the Pyle Center on May 29 and virtually on Zoom on May 30. Virtual-only registration will remain open throughout the conference.

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UW–‍Madison’s 1st IT Support Symposium connects tech professionals

83 IT professionals from 38 departments across the university descended on the Memorial Union last week for a half-day of collaborative discussions and networking opportunities focused on creating new connections between departments.

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Help Desk summer hours

Starting May 13, the Help Desk will have adjusted summer hours until fall. Please make note of these changes.

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4/22 Phishing alert: subject line “URGENT: All Staff Meeting Invitation”

Another Zoom phishing scam targeting UW–‍Madison: The email resembles an invitation to a meeting with the chancellor. Learn how to protect yourself from this and similar phishing attempts.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of April 18

What’s happening? HelioCampus AC – Evaluations have begun Earlier this morning, most HelioCampus AC course evaluations began. They will run for two weeks, ending at 11:59pm on Friday, …

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Recycle your old computers & electronics (for free!)

Don’t just throw your old computers, monitors, printers or even power adapters in your household trash. Recycle them safely and securely by bringing them to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) Help Desk.

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Innovation at work: Celebrating the 2025 Administrative Improvement Award recipients

Winners include the UW–‍Madison Profile platform that gives people more control over their personal information; a low code solution to streamline the hiring approval process; and a new Integration Hub for developers to connect data and applications.

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Don’t miss your chance to present at EDUCAUSE

The conference connects the best thinkers in higher education technology. Have a story to share about a successful collaboration or a solution to a community-wide challenge? Submit your proposal by Apr 22.

IT Professionals Conference. Brought to you by and for IT professionals at UW–Madison.

Register for the 2025 IT Professionals Conference

This year’s hybrid conference will feature 25+ thought-provoking sessions and a keynote by UW–‍Madison Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks. May 29 & 30. Hybrid registration closes May 14. Virtual registration will remain open throughout the conference.

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Working smarter together through modernization & federation

A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: In our continuing “Envision the Future” series, we explore how the evolving relationship between centralized and distributed IT can better serve UW–‍Madison’s mission.

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Graduating or leaving UW? Take action before you lose access to your email

Keep in mind: You’ll lose access to your netid@wisc.edu email and other Microsoft 365 data 9 months after you leave the university. Take note of things to do to prepare for this change and preserve your data.

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