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
When You Leave The University
About to graduate? Retiring? Leaving to take another job? A helpful KnowledgeBase app walks you through the steps you should take with regard to IT services and accounts. Continue Reading When You Leave The University
Virtual Office Hours With UW–Madison CIO Lois Brooks
Office Hours is off Nov 26 for Thanksgiving recess. See you Dec 3, when special guest will be Associate Vice Provost and University Registrar Scott Owczarek. Continue Reading Virtual Office Hours With UW–Madison CIO Lois Brooks
Join Us For “CommunITea”
No meeting Nov 25 (Thanksgiving recess). Dec 2: Open discussion plus 2022 IT Professionals Conference Planning Committee volunteer Q&A. Continue Reading Join Us For “CommunITea”
Watch The CISO Finalist Presentations
In case you missed the presentations from the 2 finalists for the Chief Information Security Officer position: The Zoom recordings are now available. Continue Reading Watch The CISO Finalist Presentations
Check out the latest DoIT Operations core monthly report
The monthly reports offer a broad view of DoIT’s operations, intended to help tell the story of our work and get us in the mindset of asking key questions. Continue Reading Check out the latest DoIT Operations core monthly report
