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.
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IT news
UW–Madison Institutional Data Policy Issued
UW–Madison now has a formal institutional data policy. The policy takes effect Jan 1, 2021 and establishes minimum requirements for the management and stewardship of institutional data resources. Continue Reading UW–Madison Institutional Data Policy Issued
High-Touch, High-Tech: How UW–Madison Online Is Using a CRM to Support Learners
In order to achieve a human-touch level of individualized support, the online undergraduate degree program is implementing the high-tech Salesforce CRM system. Continue Reading High-Touch, High-Tech: How UW–Madison Online Is Using a CRM to Support Learners
Webex adds Breakout sessions and Co-host role
Place your meeting participants into smaller groups; assign other meeting participants to share host-level privileges. Continue Reading Webex adds Breakout sessions and Co-host role
ITLC now accepting presentation proposals
Share how you have prepared, adapted, communicated and executed during change at the Information and Technology Leadership Conference on Dec 1, 2020. Continue Reading ITLC now accepting presentation proposals
Attend a Virtual UW–Madison Zoom Training Session
For faculty, staff and students. Tips and tricks for your Zoom meetings. Four 1‑hour sessions. What to do before your meeting: Oct 2, 6. Smoothly run a meeting: Sept 30, Oct 14. Continue Reading Attend a Virtual UW–Madison Zoom Training Session