The people who provide IT services at UW‑Madison are working every hour of every day to help support the Wisconsin Idea so that the university can help improve people’s lives beyond the classroom.
Chief Information Officer & Vice Provost for Information Technology
Lois Brooks
Email:
lois.brooks
Lois Brooks joined UW–Madison in August 2018 as vice provost for information technology and chief information officer. Before that, she served as Oregon State University’s vice provost for information services and chief information officer.
She is active nationally in the higher education community, having served in leadership and governance roles with the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Unizin, Educause Learning Initiative, and Internet2. She received the 2022 ORBIE award for excellence in IT leadership in the large enterprise category.
She also served for many years at Stanford University, most recently as director of Academic Computing. During her tenure at Stanford, she co-founded the Sakai Foundation (now Apareo), serving on the board of directors and later as executive director.
View “From the CIO” — a collection of Lois’ presentations, articles and thought leadership, with links to regional and national organizations she serves and participates in.
Who does IT@UW–Madison?
Division of Information Technology
DoIT is a center of campus IT operations, providing IT services & support to faculty, staff and students as well as their schools, divisions, departments and units.
More campus IT providers
A variety of other IT providers are distributed across campus, performing IT functions and providing IT services for schools, divisions, departments and units.
Example of ongoing work
From large scale projects to everyday learning opportunities, UW–Madison IT professionals support the mission of teaching, research and service with innovative and creative solutions.
Interested in working at UW–Madison?
IT news
IT and CIO news
Social media for all of us: Making content accessible & inclusive
Join this UW Design Community session for insights on best practices for social media design—and why making your sites more accessible benefits every part of your work. June 18, 3pm via Zoom.
Meet the 2025 IT Recognition Awards winners
University IT professionals celebrated the exceptional achievements of their peers at the 6th annual UW–Madison IT Recognition Awards on May 29 during the IT Professionals Conference. Meet this year’s honorees.
June 13: Didier Contis joins us for Virtual Office Hours
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. The June 13 guest is incoming UW–Madison chief information officer Didier Contis. June 20 will be the final Office Hours for retiring CIO Lois Brooks.
Watch recordings from the 2025 IT Professionals Conference
This year’s hybrid conference featured 20+ thought-provoking IT-focused sessions, the IT Recognition Awards and a keynote by CIO Lois Brooks. Did you attend? Complete our survey to share your experience and help shape next year's event.
Free retirement resources for UW–Madison employees
As university employees, we can take advantage of free retirement planning services from UW–Madison Benefits. But you may also get emails from non‑UW retirement services looking to solicit information. Know the difference.
