Author: Nick Heynen

Registration is open for the 2026 Information & Technology Leadership Conference

The conference will be on Dec. 7 at the Health Sciences Learning Center and streamed online. Register by Nov. 23 to attend in person.

DoIT Help Desk hours over Thanksgiving recess

The DoIT Help Desk has reduced hours Nov. 26 to 29. Check the schedule to plan ahead.

NetID Login now available in Claude — what it means for your account

Choose “Continue with SSO” to sign in to Claude with your UW–Madison NetID. Your existing account, chat history and subscription stay the same.

Microsoft Copilot Premium now available for departments to purchase

Departments can buy licenses that add Microsoft’s AI assistant to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams and connect it to your email, files and calendar.

Register for ’Coded Bias’ documentary screening Nov. 19

Facial recognition often fails to detect dark-skinned faces and women. Join us on Nov. 19 to see how one researcher pushed for change.

Complete your WiscWeb migration to UW Theme 2.0 by Dec. 31

WiscWeb website managers have less than three months left to migrate to UW Theme 2.0. Check your site’s status and protect your content in the meantime.

Todd Shechter to become Vice Chancellor for IT at CU Boulder

After seven years building the CTO office, Todd Shechter will leave UW–Madison on Nov. 13. Join us in wishing him well as he takes on his new leadership role in Colorado.

Qualtrics retiring Legacy Results⁠-⁠Reports — act before March 17

If you built a custom results page in a Qualtrics report, you must save it or rebuild it in Results Dashboards before March 17, 2027.

Join the conversation on AI in academia

More than 80 students, faculty and staff joined the first AI in Academia Coffee Hour. Register for upcoming sessions for peer discussions about how AI is changing scholarship, research and teaching.

Active Directory Migrations: fall 2026 project update

The Active Directory Migrations Project Team has been working to help UW–‍Madison departments migrate to Campus Active Directory. Here are some recent updates and milestones, plus a look ahead at what’s next.