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
Watch recordings from the 2023 Information & Technology Leadership Conference
Catch any sessions you missed at this year's conference, including Provost Charles Isbell's fireside chat and topics like building healthy teams, the benefits of mentoring and how to develop your leadership style.
Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Join us for open discussion with UW–Madison’s Chief Information Officer.
Career journeys and lessons learned from UX professionals
Dec 14, 1pm via Zoom. Join the Design Community as user experience colleagues from across the university share stories about their journeys into the field of UX.
InfoLabs offer helpful services in preparation for finals
Looking for a place to study for finals? Need an extra monitor as you tackle an assignment? Have a project that requires specific software? InfoLabs can help.
Looking ahead with optimism to 2024
From Lois Brooks, CIO: The IT community at UW–Madison has much to look forward to in 2024.
