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Virtual Office Hours With CIO Lois Brooks
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer.
May 2, 2025UW–Madison’s 1st IT Support Symposium connects tech professionals
83 IT professionals from 38 departments across the university descended on the Memorial Union last week for a half-day of collaborative discussions and networking opportunities focused on creating new connections between departments.
April 24, 2025Help Desk summer hours
Starting May 13, the Help Desk will have adjusted summer hours until fall. Please make note of these changes.
April 23, 20254/22 Phishing alert: subject line “URGENT: All Staff Meeting Invitation”
Another Zoom phishing scam targeting UW–Madison: The email resembles an invitation to a meeting with the chancellor. Learn how to protect yourself from this and similar phishing attempts.
April 22, 2025Learn@UW Newsletter, week of April 18
What’s happening? HelioCampus AC – Evaluations have begun Earlier this morning, most HelioCampus AC course evaluations began. They will run for two weeks, ending at 11:59pm on Friday, May 2. HelioCampus AC departmental administrators can …
April 18, 2025Recycle your old computers & electronics (for free!)
Don’t just throw your old computers, monitors, printers or even power adapters in your household trash. Recycle them safely and securely by bringing them to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) Help Desk.
April 16, 2025Innovation at work: Celebrating the 2025 Administrative Improvement Award recipients
Winners include the UW–Madison Profile platform that gives people more control over their personal information; a low code solution to streamline the hiring approval process; and a new Integration Hub for developers to connect data and applications.
April 15, 2025Don’t miss your chance to present at EDUCAUSE
The conference connects the best thinkers in higher education technology. Have a story to share about a successful collaboration or a solution to a community-wide challenge? Submit your proposal by Apr 22.
April 15, 2025Register for the 2025 IT Professionals Conference
This year’s hybrid conference will feature 25+ thought-provoking sessions and a keynote by UW–Madison Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks. May 29 & 30. Hybrid registration closes May 14. Virtual registration will remain open throughout the conference.
April 14, 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, 2025Graduating or leaving UW? Take action before you lose access to your email
Keep in mind: You’ll lose access to your netid@wisc.edu email and other Microsoft 365 data 9 months after you leave the university. Take note of things to do to prepare for this change and preserve your data.
April 14, 2025InfoLabs offer helpful services in preparation for finals
Looking for a place to study for finals? Need an extra monitor as you tackle an assignment? Have a project that requires specific software? InfoLabs can help.
April 11, 2025What happens to your email & other IT services after graduation?
Graduating? Congrats! Take a moment to review what to do before you lose access to services like email, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Zoom, Box and Qualtrics.
April 10, 2025How the Chazen reimagined itself as a place for everyone
Join this UW Design Community session for a look at the Chazen Museum of Art’s journey to transform into a vibrant “third space” for all. Apr 28, 10:30am via Zoom.
April 9, 2025Smart choices: Why UW–Madison’s enterprise AI tools should be your go-to
Before you reach for “free” public AI services, take a moment to discover why the university’s enterprise AI tools are the smarter choice for your academic and professional needs.
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Virtual Office Hours With CIO Lois Brooks
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer.
May 2, 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, 2025Preparing for the future means supporting our IT workforce
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: The pace of technological change demands that we think strategically about how we support and develop our IT workforce across the university.
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