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Add all text to your ggplot 2 plots
Include the code chunk option fig-alt in the code chunk that generates a plot to give the plot an alt-text attribute, like so: #| fig-alt: the alt-text goes here
July 10, 2025
Virtual 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 week at UW, and much more. July 11, 9:15am via Zoom.
July 9, 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, 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.
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. In July, check out sessions on fostering community and course management.
June 17, 2025Exploring AI in teaching
June 27, 1pm via Zoom. Ben Rush from Radiology will discuss prompt engineering principles, and demonstrate brainstorming and real-time problem solving with Copilot and ChatGPT. Explore this session and other summer programs.
June 17, 2025
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 13
What’s happening? Honorlock – Update released, June 9 The latest release for the Honorlock web application and extension brings several improvements impacting performance and accessibility. For all the exciting details, click here. Canvas – Known …
June 13, 2025Social media for all of us: Making content accessible & inclusive
Watch June's session for insights on best practices for social media design—and why making your sites more accessible benefits every part of your work.
June 11, 2025Meet the winners of the 2025 IT Recognition Awards
University IT professionals celebrated the exceptional achievements of their peers at the 6th annual UW–Madison IT Recognition Awards on May 29 during the IT Professionals Conference. Meet this year’s honorees.
June 9, 2025Watch recordings from the 2025 IT Professionals Conference
This year’s hybrid conference featured 20+ thought-provoking IT-focused sessions, the IT Recognition Awards and a keynote by CIO Lois Brooks. Did you attend? Complete our survey to share your experience and help shape next year's event.
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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.
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