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IT community: Join CIO listening sessions this fall
Share your insights and perspectives with Chief Information Officer Didier Contis. Your participation will help strengthen the university’s digital innovation and technology services landscape—and build connections across our IT community.
October 31, 2025Virtual Office Hours with Didier Contis
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our Chief Information Officer. Special guests Oct 31: a panel of UW cybersecurity experts.
October 29, 2025Mid-semester Canvas training
Instructors are invited to attend two Canvas-centric trainings that demonstrate best practices and time-saving strategies.
October 28, 2025Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Oct 24
What’s happening? Gradescope – Planned outage, October 25 Gradescope will be conducting six hours of maintenance from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 25. There may be some interruptions in service during that …
October 24, 2025AI at work: A practical guide to using UW’s tools safely
Artificial intelligence tools can help you work smarter — drafting emails, summarizing documents, brainstorming ideas. But choosing the right AI tool matters. Here’s what you need to know to use AI responsibly at UW–Madison.
October 21, 2025
DesignPLUS: coming November 2025
Beginning November 4, DesignPLUS will be available in Canvas through the Learn@UW teaching and learning suite of tools. What is DesignPLUS? DesignPLUS is a time-saving tool that allows instructors and course designers to build and …
October 21, 2025Device Data Analysis: Building the foundation for Smart Access decisions
The Smart Access program is focused on fortifying university cybersecurity. The foundation of this work is understanding the devices that are connecting to the university network. Learn more about the important work and what's to come.
October 16, 2025Your guide to printing on campus
In a (paper) jam and need to print that study guide or poster? 18 InfoLab locations across campus offer convenient evening and weekend hours. With wireless printing now available at most locations, printing your work has never been easier.
October 14, 2025Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Oct 10
What’s happening? Engage – Spring ordering period begins October 20 At UW–Madison, instructors use Engage to manage and deliver eTexts and digital learning tools (DLTs) for their courses. The ordering period for these digital options …
October 14, 2025Strategies & tools to implement a yearlong outreach campaign
Join us at the next UW Design Community session: Guests from the La Follette School of Public Affairs will discuss the Main Street Agenda project, an effort to promote civil dialogue across Wisconsin. Oct 21, 1pm via Zoom.
October 13, 2025Strategic design: Building trust through student-centered change
Free EDUCAUSE webinar: UC Santa Cruz Associate Vice Chancellor of Experience Strategy & Design Phyllis Treige shares how strategic design provides a powerful framework for navigating institutional change. Nov 12, noon.
October 13, 2025Microsoft Copilot Chat now available in M365 applications
Copilot, Microsoft’s AI tool, is now available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. Learn about the new features that come with Copilot’s expansion.
October 10, 2025Learn@UW tools bring engagement & cost savings to students
Did you know Top Hat saved students more than $1 million last year, and savings from Engage eTexts total $21.4 million? Learn@UW’s academic technology tools lower costs for our students—all while helping them engage with their instructors and course work.
October 10, 2025Amazon Web Services (AWS) Research Day 2025
Join the Research Cyberinfrastructure team for Amazon web services (AWS) research day on October 21. Attendees can join virtually or in person.
October 3, 2025October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Join us all month to learn tips and tricks on how to protect your online privacy and data.
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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 Archive: Lois Brooks — CIO Blog posts
