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
Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks & guest Kacie Lucchini Butcher
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. The Oct 11 guest is Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History.
Join Research Cyberinfrastructure for Posit Day 2
Register now for the next Posit Day, a series of talks showcasing researchers, resources and strategies available to UW–Madison researchers.
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.
Work perks: Sign up for IT coffee meetups this fall
Join I&T Coffee Connections to make a new connection this fall. Sign up by Oct 21 for casual meetups with your IT peers.
MFA me, ASAP
If you only use single-factor authentication, it's like hiding your house key under a mat by the front door. Learn why multi-factor authentication will keep your online data more secure.
