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Avoid Workday phishing scams

Now that Workday is here, we expect to be targeted by phishing attacks. We are counting on you to help keep UW secure by detecting and reporting phishing attempts. Brush up on some reminders to help you identify red flags.

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The most frequently viewed service pages for the calendar year to date, ordered by number of views per Google Analytics.

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News

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

Add all text to your ggplot 2 plots

Include the code chunk option fig-alt in the code chunk that generates a plot to give the plot an alt-text attribute, like so: #| fig-alt: the alt-text goes here

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Virtual Office Hours With CIO Didier Contis

Stop by Office Hours to meet our new chief information officer! Didier will join Chief Technology Officer Todd Shechter to chat about his first official week at UW, and much more. July 11, 9:15am via Zoom.

Addressing recent name changes in campus services

Some users may have noticed changes to how their name is displayed across several campus services. Users should see this issue resolved by Monday, July 7.

Phishing scam

Is that text message real—or is it smishing?

“Smishing” is a version of phishing, but the message arrives via text instead of email. Find out how you can protect yourself.

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

Ready for viewing: captioned recordings from the 2025 IT Professionals Conference

Now available on our YouTube page. Spend some time revisiting your favorite session or watching a session you missed.

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A heartfelt thank you

A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: Thank you for 7 incredible years of partnership, growth and friendship.

Computer Password

A secure password is as easy as one_two_three

The difference between a weak password and a strong one may just be a turn of phrase. Learn more about how to select, manage and protect your passwords.

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Welcome to Madison: IT community’s recommendations for UW’s new CIO

The UW–‍Madison IT community gave incoming CIO Didier Contis a fantastic primer on things to do and places to eat in the campus area as he and his family prepare to move to Madison.

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Learn & grow with EDUCAUSE

From a chatbots demo day to a symposium about centering accessibility in teaching and learning, take advantage of professional development opportunities from EDUCAUSE.

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Enhancing Online Education summer programs

Designed specially for instructors teaching online and hybrid courses, this series explores 6 foundational topics to promote student engagement and success. In July, check out sessions on fostering community and course management.

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Exploring AI in teaching

June 27, 1pm via Zoom. Ben Rush from Radiology will discuss prompt engineering principles, and demonstrate brainstorming and real-time problem solving with Copilot and ChatGPT. Explore this session and other summer programs.

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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 13

What’s happening? Honorlock – Update released, June 9 The latest release for the Honorlock web application and extension brings several improvements impacting performance and accessibility. For all the …

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