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Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer. No Office Hours Jul 5 due to the holiday.
June 29, 2024Expand your network this fall with I&T Coffee Connections
Sign up by Jul 22 to be paired with a colleague from UW’s IT community for informal 1-on-1 meetups this fall.
June 27, 2024New app in MyUW brings improvements to course schedule view
The new app offers an accessible and mobile-responsive calendar view of students’ courses, plus a bulleted list of each course’s weekly meetings and exams.
June 26, 2024CommunITea on summer hiatus
The weekly socializing event for IT and IT-adjacent folks will be on summer break until fall. Join us again in September!
June 19, 2024ITA students help 5th graders play out their gaming ideas
Elementary schoolers were able to bring their zombie battles and dungeon quest ideas to life, with help from high school students in UW–Madison’s Information Technology Academy pre-college program.
June 19, 2024Marking 10 years of empowering women in IT at UW–Madison
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: UW Women in IT was founded 10 years ago by a dedicated group of IT professionals who set out to improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in technology roles at the university.
June 18, 2024SpectrumU going away for faculty, staff & students
Effective Jul 1, UW–Madison will no longer offer SpectrumU to all faculty, staff and students on campus.
June 17, 2024Google Drive quotas now in effect
Quotas were applied to UW–Madison Google My Drives, shared drives and service accounts on Jun 1. If you’re over the quota, your account is read-only. Here’s what to do.
June 17, 2024Learn about AI with EDUCAUSE
From an “Applications of AI” demo day to a learning lab about effective ChatGPT prompts, don’t miss out on upcoming opportunities to explore artificial intelligence in higher ed. And registration is now open for the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.
June 17, 2024Increased email security helps spot imposter emails
Starting Aug 5, we’ll verify the authenticity of all incoming emails. If we determine an email is suspicious, it will be sent to your junk folder instead of your inbox. Learn why this matters and what you should do.
June 13, 2024Planned Event Management Service outage: Jun 24
The UW–Madison Event Management Service will undergo a 1-day service outage as part of a planned upgrade. The EMS application underlies everything from Today in the Union (T.I.T.U) to study room reservations at UW–Madison’s libraries.
June 12, 2024AI meeting assistants & university data: What you need to know
Artificial intelligence meeting assistant tools may seem like a great time-saver, but they potentially expose protected university data. The university has not approved any AI meeting assistant services.
June 12, 2024Sign up for 2024-25 IT leadership programs
Applications are now open for the IT Leaders Program and Lead From Where You Are for 2024‑25. Apply by Jun 21. Have questions about the programs or application process? Stop by virtual office hours to speak with a steering committee member. Office hours: Jun 17, 2pm via Teams.
June 12, 2024AIMS Transition Project roadmap
Team members from both Administrative Information Management Services (AIMS) and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) are meeting regularly to map out the strategy for bringing our units together.
June 11, 2024Reshaping the Google Workspace service roadmap
Get the latest on changes to My Drive, shared drives and service accounts.
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From the CIO
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Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer. No Office Hours Jul 5 due to the holiday.
June 29, 2024Marking 10 years of empowering women in IT at UW–Madison
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: UW Women in IT was founded 10 years ago by a dedicated group of IT professionals who set out to improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in technology roles at the university.
June 18, 2024CIO Lois Brooks on how UW breaks down IT silos
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.
May 1, 2024Reflecting 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.
April 16, 2024Making hybrid work a great experience for everyone
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: Our IT community has some great, innovative ideas to make our various work modes more engaging and rewarding.
February 6, 2024- More CIO Blog posts
