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July 18, 2025Learn & grow with EDUCAUSE
From a chatbots demo day to a symposium about centering accessibility in teaching and learning, take advantage of professional development opportunities from EDUCAUSE.
July 16, 2025Virtual Office Hours With CIO Didier Contis
Stop by Office Hours to meet our new chief information officer! Didier will join Chief Technology Officer Todd Shechter to chat about his first official weeks at UW, and much more. July 18, 9:15am via Zoom.
July 16, 2025Creative strategies for compelling storytelling in academic research
Aug 12, 1pm via Zoom. In this UW Design Community session, presenters from the College of Engineering will share how they turn complex research into compelling stories that connect with audiences.
July 15, 2025Windows 10 support ending Oct 14
After Oct 14, Microsoft will no longer release security updates or bug fixes for Windows 10, and support will end. Still using Windows 10? Learn about upgrade options.
July 15, 2025Gradescope: coming August 2025
Gradescope allows for faster and more consistent grading while also helping instructors give students detailed feedback. Learn@UW will offer training sessions for instructors next month.
July 15, 2025Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 11
What’s happening? Learn@UW – Training Schedule set for Fall 2025 In late-August and early-September, Learn@UW is hosting a large array of training sessions focusing on several of our learning technologies. These sessions are 100% remote, …
July 14, 2025Addressing recent name changes in campus services
Some users may have noticed changes to how their name is displayed across several campus services. Users should see this issue resolved by Monday, July 7.
July 3, 2025Is that text message real—or is it smishing?
“Smishing” is a version of phishing, but the message arrives via text instead of email. Find out how you can protect yourself.
June 27, 2025Ready for viewing: captioned recordings from the 2025 IT Professionals Conference
Now available on our YouTube page. Spend some time revisiting your favorite session or watching a session you missed.
June 23, 2025A heartfelt thank you
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: Thank you for 7 incredible years of partnership, growth and friendship.
June 20, 2025A secure password is as easy as one_two_three
The difference between a weak password and a strong one may just be a turn of phrase. Learn more about how to select, manage and protect your passwords.
June 19, 2025Welcome to Madison: IT community’s recommendations for UW’s new CIO
The UW–Madison IT community gave incoming CIO Didier Contis a fantastic primer on things to do and places to eat in the campus area as he and his family prepare to move to Madison.
June 17, 2025Enhancing Online Education summer programs
Designed specially for instructors teaching online and hybrid courses, this series explores 6 foundational topics to promote student engagement and success.
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A heartfelt thank you
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: Thank you for 7 incredible years of partnership, growth and friendship.
June 20, 2025UW–Madison’s cybersecurity future: Collaboration as our superpower
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: In our continuing “Envision the Future” series, we explore how the evolving relationship between centralized and distributed IT can better serve UW–Madison’s mission.
May 19, 2025Working smarter together through modernization & federation
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: In our continuing “Envision the Future” series, we explore how the evolving relationship between centralized and distributed IT can better serve UW–Madison’s mission.
April 14, 2025Powering the future: IT’s role in university sustainability
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: University IT will be crucial in achieving UW–Madison’s ambitious sustainability goals. Balancing growing computing needs with environmental impact will be an exciting challenge for all of us in the coming years.
March 17, 2025Computing innovation to power tomorrow’s research
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: In our continuing Envision the Future series, we explore how computing infrastructure advances will support UW–Madison’s ambitious research agenda.
February 17, 2025- More Lois Brooks CIO Blog archives posts
