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Microsoft Copilot now available to UW–Madison students, faculty & staff
Meet your new “Copilot”—Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. If you choose to use it, Copilot can help you write text, analyze data, summarize documents, create images, write code and much more.
April 17, 2024Join us for ‘CommunITea’
Thursdays, 3:30pm via Zoom. A weekly event for IT and IT-adjacent folks to socialize with peers and connect in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
April 17, 2024Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks & featured guest Rob Cramer
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with UW–Madison’s chief information officer. The Apr 19 guest is Rob Cramer, vice chancellor for finance and administration.
April 17, 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, 2024Nominate your exceptional colleagues for the 2024 IT Recognition Awards
Help your colleagues get the recognition they deserve! Nominate them by May 5.
April 16, 2024InfoLabs 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 16, 2024Administrative improvement projects leverage technology to support UW’s mission
2024 winners of the university-wide Administrative Improvement Awards include a centralized service model for Student Information Systems, redesigned advising for new student orientation, an affordable student housing access initiative and more.
April 16, 2024Graduating 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 16, 2024Find gaps & share your ideas through service design
In case you missed the March UW Design Community session: Check out the recording and resources to learn how to apply the concept of service design. Use these tips to improve the product, service or experience you want to create.
April 16, 2024Check out the Enhancing Online Education summer lineup
Do you teach or design online and hybrid courses? Summer is a great time to earn your Enhancing Online Education certificate—and a letter of recognition shared with your dean and department chair.
April 15, 2024Submit your EDUCAUSE Annual Conference proposal by Apr 29
Don’t miss your chance to share your knowledge and present at the 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. And check out other upcoming offerings, including a digital accessibility tools demo day and the Digital Learning Transformation Institute.
April 15, 2024Complete your 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Learn how to be more cyber secure at work and at home. This is a mandatory annual training for all UW employees.
April 12, 2024Help Desk summer hours
Beginning May 14, the Help Desk will have adjusted summer hours until fall. Please make note of these changes.
April 3, 2024Sign up to make new IT connections this summer
Sign up by Apr 19 to be paired with a colleague from UW’s IT community for informal 1-on-1 meetups.
April 1, 2024Share your ideas at the 2024 IT Professionals Conference
Submit a proposal today to share your insights with colleagues across campus. Proposals due Mar 29 at 5pm.
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From the CIO
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Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks & featured guest Rob Cramer
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with UW–Madison’s chief information officer. The Apr 19 guest is Rob Cramer, vice chancellor for finance and administration.
April 17, 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, 2024Looking ahead with optimism to 2024
From Lois Brooks, CIO: The IT community at UW–Madison has much to look forward to in 2024.
December 5, 2023Lois Brooks earns national IT leadership award
CIO Lois Brooks was named one of the Higher Education IT Executives of the Year in the EdScoop 50 Awards for 2023. This award recognizes her work defining the future of technology in higher education institutions.
November 8, 2023- More CIO Blog posts