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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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Microsoft Personal Bookings now available to faculty, staff & students

This new tool integrates with your Outlook calendar to make scheduling and managing appointments a breeze. Try it out and explore the service’s many features, including automated reminders.

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Get paid to help make a better digital campus

Student employees: Earn $25 per session to share your perspectives on websites and apps.

MFA me, ASAP

If you only use single-factor authentication, it’s like hiding your house key under a mat by the front door. And while Duo MFA is required for any @wisc.edu account, we also recommend using multi-factor authentication for your personal accounts, too.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Secure our campus, secure our world

Join us all month to learn tips and tricks on how to protect your online privacy and data.

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‘Make It Accessible’ with the new course material guide

Do you build courses in Canvas? This newly released guide offers helpful screenshots and a great starting point to create more accessible courses.

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Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks

Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer. The next guest is Nov 1: Gretchen Gerrish, director of Trout Lake Station, Center for Limnology.

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Build your AI literacy with EDUCAUSE

5-part series starts Nov 7: Dive into the latest innovations, practical applications and future trends of artificial intelligence.

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Search begins for new chief information officer

A newly appointed committee will help identify and select candidates for the university’s next chief information officer and vice provost for information technology.

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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of October 11

What’s happening? Engage – Order dates for spring 2025 For courses in Spring 2025 that will employ eTexts or digital learning tools, the Engage order dates are October …

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Applications open for IT Mentoring Program 2025

Accelerate your IT career, make new connections and grow your skills in 2025! Apply by Dec 9 to be paired with a mentor or mentee.

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Join Research Cyberinfrastructure for Posit Day 2

Nov 19, 1pm via Zoom. Register now for the next talk in the Posit Day series. We’ll share resources and strategies available to UW–‍Madison researchers with a Data Science Platform account.

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UW Design Community: Designing action with applied compassion

Explore the differences between empathy and compassion—and why it matters in our work as designers. The session includes a guided mindfulness practice. Oct 24, 11am via Zoom.

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