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Moving IT Forward: Insights from the 2025 CIO Listening Sessions

IT community shares vision for UW’s technology future

A new report presents insights from hundreds of verbal and written comments shared by university IT professionals during during listening sessions with UW–‍Madison’s Chief Information Officer last fall.

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IT never sleeps. There’s always news to share. Here’s the latest from our digital campus and beyond.

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Workshop: Building Better Research Software in R

Join research computing colleagues to discover the value of software development for researchers with this hands-on workshop. March 30 to April 2 at the Discovery Building.

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Smart Access 2026 priorities: device compliance & log management

Smart Access is moving from evaluation to execution with two initial priorities for 2026: device compliance and log management.

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Workshop: Enabling research while meeting federal requirements for compliance

Involved in research under a Department of Defense contract? Join this scoping workshop to discuss the new mandatory federal cybersecurity certification program and its impact on universities. March 31 at Morgridge Hall.

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What last fall’s listening sessions showed me

A message from Chief Information Officer Didier Contis: The CIO Listening Sessions gave me a lot of things: candid feedback, a clearer sense of our challenges and genuine confidence in our community of IT professionals. I'm grateful for all of it.

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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Mar 13

What’s happening Top Hat – Release note highlights Top Hat is expecting to deliver several upgrades and improvements in coming weeks: Video Questions – This new assessment type …

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Updated eduroam certificate coming soon

eduroam will update its server certificate on Tuesday, March 31. Learn what is changing and what to do if prompted to “trust” the new certificate for eduroam.wisc.edu.

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Day of the Badger: Help create life-changing opportunities for ITA students

For more than 25 years, the Information Technology Academy has empowered more than 700 first-generation and low-income pre-college students to achieve. On UW–‍Madison’s 7th annual Day of the Badger, invest in our next generation of innovators, leaders and problem-solvers.

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Join us: A conversation on confidence & growth in IT — March 18

UW–‍Madison information technology employees are invited to join an engaging discussion by a panel of IT colleagues about navigating self-doubt in their professional journeys. March 18, 11am to 1pm via Zoom.

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Virtual Office Hours with CIO Didier Contis

Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our Chief Information Officer.

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Learn how to use Microsoft Copilot & Google Gemini

Get AI basics with Learn@UW in these one-hour virtual workshops: March 24, April 16 & April 30.

i2i Program: empowering educators through data-informed teaching

Turn Insights into Impact, apply to the i2i Program today

The Insights to Impact (i2i) Program helps instructors transform data into actionable strategies. Apply today and join a community of like-minded and committed educators. Early-bird deadline is April 6.

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Mid-semester training opportunities from Learn@UW

Instructors are invited to attend two mid-semester training courses in Canvas: final grading and preparing for next semester. Both presentations are free and offered online.

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