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Reflections On 2020, With Hope For The Year Ahead

Posted on December 22, 2020

From CIO Lois Brooks: While we have all experienced loss in many different forms this year, it’s heartening to also think about the ways we have grown in our resilience in the face of adversity.

Posted in CIO Blog, IT News

Listen, learn, act: Coming to grips with the death of George Floyd

Posted on June 5, 2020

From CIO Lois Brooks: I’m writing now to share my thoughts with you with the hope that reading them connects us together, and to offer my commitment to you.

Posted in CIO Blog, IT News

Respond. Recover. Thrive.

Posted on May 4, 2020

Nothing is the same. Yet the university’s mission remains as focused and clear as it’s always been. Within DoIT and the IT community at the university, our mission remains the same as well.

Posted in CIO Blog, COVID-19, IT News

Staying socially connected at a distance

Posted on April 3, 2020

As we all adjust to an immense amount of change and uncertainty, CIO Lois Brooks shares things we’re doing at DoIT to maintain social connection, even as we remain physically distant for a time.

Posted in CIO Blog, COVID-19, IT News

Reflection on the past few weeks—and the work ahead

Posted on April 1, 2020

Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks reflects on the university’s shift to a fully virtual environment and the “all hands lifting” university-wide collaboration that made it possible.

Posted in CIO Blog, COVID-19, IT News

In both recreation and innovation, pace & planning matter

Posted on January 3, 2020

From CIO Lois Brooks: When I think about the important work ahead of us this year in the Division of Information Technology, my thoughts perhaps surprisingly turn to sports.

Posted in CIO Blog, IT News

Enhancing our learning to drive innovation

Posted on November 26, 2018

“By doing, testing, engaging, and reading, we’re learning new things every day,” writes CIO Lois Brooks. “This is essential if we are to be a driving force of innovation.”

Posted in CIO Blog, IT News

The Pentateuch (well, sort of)…

Posted on October 12, 2018

As far back as the Confirmation classes I took when I was in middle school (which I remember being called Junior High School), I’ve always thought of the first five books of the Bible as setting the baseline for how people should act. Our pastors and teachers called these books The Pentateuch…

Posted in CIO Blog, CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, Cybersecurity News, IT News

Moving beyond FUD, Part II

Posted on July 19, 2018

As a general rule, fear, uncertainty and doubt (known as FUD in cybersecurity circles) are discouraged as an effective method of influencing audiences. Is there ever a situation where FUD is useful? Sam Curry is …

Posted in CIO Blog, CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, Cybersecurity News, IT News

Moving beyond FUD, Part I

Posted on July 19, 2018

The CISO’s Perspective  2018 – June At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we know the higher education and research communities are, in practice and by necessity, an open and collaborative society driven by the need to …

Posted in CIO Blog, CISO’s Perspective – Cybersecurity Blog, Cybersecurity News, IT News
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