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@wisc.edu
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.
Interested in working at UW–Madison?
IT news
Applications Close Nov 30: IT Service Management Assistant Director
The assistant director will work with partners to grow and maintain processes, tools, and procedures for delivering and operating customer-focused IT services. Continue Reading Applications Close Nov 30: IT Service Management Assistant Director
Winter Break DoIT Help Desk Hours & Closures
The DoIT Help Desk will have reduced hours over winter break. Please make note of these changes—and enjoy your break! Continue Reading Winter Break DoIT Help Desk Hours & Closures
UW–Madison Zoom Implementation Roadmap Update
From outreach to documentation, here is the latest news from the UW–Madison Zoom implementation team at DoIT, with support of the Zoom advisory group. Continue Reading UW–Madison Zoom Implementation Roadmap Update
Watch video recording of recent IT Projects Update Forum
Featured projects included Acumatica ERP, Basic vs Modern Authentication, Next Gen2 Network and Box/Qualtrics/Zoom. Continue Reading Watch video recording of recent IT Projects Update Forum
Register now for ITLC 2020
This year’s conference will be held virtually on Tue Dec 1, featuring keynote speaker Kevin Conroy, Chairman & CEO of Exact Sciences. Continue Reading Register now for ITLC 2020