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 CIO Lois Brooks
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer.
Recycle your old computers & electronics (for free!)
Don’t just throw your old computers, monitors, printers or even power adapters in your household trash. Recycle them safely and securely by bringing them to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) Help Desk.
Innovation at work: Celebrating the 2025 Administrative Improvement Award recipients
Winners include the UW–Madison Profile platform that gives people more control over their personal information; a low code solution to streamline the hiring approval process; and a new Integration Hub for developers to connect data and applications.
Don’t miss your chance to present at EDUCAUSE
The conference connects the best thinkers in higher education technology. Have a story to share about a successful collaboration or a solution to a community-wide challenge? Submit your proposal by Apr 22.
Register for the 2025 IT Professionals Conference
This year’s hybrid conference will feature 25+ thought-provoking sessions and a keynote by UW–Madison Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks. May 29 & 30.
