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
Lois Brooks joined UW–Madison in August 2018 as vice provost for information technology and chief information officer. Prior to 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 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.
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IT news
Learn how to best use Webex Meetings to stay connected
Get the Webex Meetings resources and training you need to stay connected. Continue Reading Learn how to best use Webex Meetings to stay connected
Staying socially connected at a distance
As we all adjust to an immense amount of change and uncertainty, CIO Lois Brooks shares things we’re doing at DoIT to maintain social connection, even as we remain physically distant for a time. Continue Reading Staying socially connected at a distance
A printing production pivot: DPPS makes face shields for UW Health
To help address a nationwide shortage, Digital Publishing and Printing Services is assembling as many as 1,000 face shields a day for health care workers on the COVID-19 front lines at UW Health. Continue Reading A printing production pivot: DPPS makes face shields for UW Health
Reflection on the past few weeks—and the work ahead
Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks reflects on the university's shift to a fully virtual environment and the "all hands lifting" university-wide collaboration that made it possible. Continue Reading Reflection on the past few weeks—and the work ahead
Adobe Creative Cloud now available free to students
The popular graphic design software is temporarily available for free to students through May 31, 2020. Continue Reading Adobe Creative Cloud now available free to students