Lois Brooks, vice provost for information technology and chief information officer, spoke with EdTech Magazine about IT Connects and creating a vibrant, collegial IT community at the university.
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Microsoft Copilot now available to UW–Madison students, faculty & staff
Meet your new “Copilot”—Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. If you choose to use it, Copilot can help you write text, analyze data, summarize documents, create images, write code and much more.
Check out the Enhancing Online Education summer lineup
Register now for webinars and micro-courses supporting online and hybrid instructors. If you complete 5 micro-courses, you receive a certification and letter of recognition to your dean and chair.
Reflecting on 30 years of IT innovation at UW–Madison
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: As technologists, we’ve not only had front-row seats to transformational technological innovations—we’ve had backstage passes.
Nominate your exceptional colleagues for the 2024 IT Recognition Awards
Help your colleagues get the recognition they deserve! Nominate them by May 5.
Administrative improvement projects leverage technology to support UW’s mission
2024 winners of the university-wide Administrative Improvement Awards include a centralized service model for Student Information Systems, redesigned advising for new student orientation, an affordable student housing access initiative and more.
Complete your 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Learn how to be more cyber secure at work and at home. This is a mandatory annual training for all UW employees.
Sign up to make new IT connections this summer
Sign up by Apr 19 to be paired with a colleague from UW’s IT community for informal 1-on-1 meetups.
Share your ideas at the 2024 IT Professionals Conference
Submit a proposal today to share your insights with colleagues across campus. Proposals due Mar 29 at 5pm.
Have you checked out the new Teams?
The “classic” version of Microsoft Teams will be retired at the end of March. In April, anyone still using classic Teams will be automatically updated to the new version. Learn more about the change and find out how to give new Teams a try.