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Meet Karen Campbell, UW’s New Chief Information Security Officer
August 19, 2025
Karen Campbell joins UW as Chief Information Security Officer, bringing deep cybersecurity expertise and a people-first approach to strengthen digital resilience.
A powerful network links Washington classrooms to the stars
May 27, 2025
By Bella Lee UW-IT Strategic Communications On a clear night in the Northwest, you can easily spot Orion’s belt or the Big Dipper peeking over the horizon — a seemingly unchanged sky that untold generations have observed for millennia. In reality, stars are born, die and explode into supernovae right before our eyes, practically all…
New Register.UW app simplifies course registration for all students
April 21, 2025
By Gretchen Konrady | UW-IT Strategic Communications A significantly enhanced registration tool is now streamlining how University of Washington students register for classes. Register.UW is the new, unified app for all student registration needs, replacing the decades-old Student Personal Services (SPS) registration webpage and other outdated processes. The new tool’s modern platform also provides a…
UW Tower Data Center improvements scheduled for Jan. 26
January 13, 2025
As part of ongoing improvements to computing infrastructure, UW-IT will remove older and unsupported hardware at the UW Tower Data Center — decommissioning existing routers and replacing them with modern dual edge routers. The work is expected to take place during a regular maintenance window on Sunday, Jan. 26, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. If needed, work…
UW and Workday collaborate to lead to global progress in digital accessibility
November 12, 2024
Editor’s note: We’d like to share the story of how UW Information Technology (UW-IT) and Workday, which provides HR and finance solutions to UW, have built a relationship over the past decade to collaborate on software accessibility and advance our respective Accessibility Programs together. UW-IT has entered into numerous partnerships with the private sector to improve the…
Stay secure online: Top tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October 17, 2024
This message was sent to all University of Washington (UW) students, faculty and staff and UW Medicine employees. Husky Community, October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), a time to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and share resources to help keep you and our entire UW organization digitally secure. This year, the…
UW software notice: By Oct. 22, move/back up Adobe Creative Cloud files
October 3, 2024
This message is for all subscribers of Adobe Creative Cloud and all subscribers of Adobe Acrobat Pro who sign into these Adobe services using a UW NetID. What's happening and why On Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, we will be implementing a change that will delete all UW user files saved to Adobe Creative Cloud storage.…
A tech revolution leads to about $2 million in savings for UW
September 18, 2024
By Ignacio Lobos| UW-IT Strategic Communications I came into the office the other day and there was no wired telephone handset on my desk. And just like that, I had become an actor in a quiet technological revolution going on at the University of Washington and other work and study places across the globe: We…
What’s in a name? Everything!
September 10, 2024
UW introduces new app to support proper name pronunciation With the Namecoach App available in Canvas, you can record your name without worrying about stage fright. Text by Ignacio Lobos | UW-IT Strategic Communications I was at a pizza joint recently and the cashier asked for my name so they could yell it out when…
New UW-IT computing expert will help shape UW’s AI future
August 26, 2024
By Ignacio Lobos | UW-IT Strategic Communications When Jared Reimer joined the computer science program at UW nearly 30 years ago, the 17-year-old was more likely to find mentions of artificial intelligence (AI) in science fiction rather than the classroom. Today, AI is on the cusp of becoming the most transformative technology of the 21st…
What is going on with your heart?
July 22, 2024
Video by Sam Han | Text by Ignacio Lobos | UW-IT Communications & Engagement In one of your commercial flights over the Cascade Mountains, between snacks, bathroom breaks and terrible romantic comedies, did you ever stop to think about the massive engineering feat that kept the engines running? Have you ever considered your own engine…
CrowdStrike outage resolved
July 19, 2024
From the early hours of this morning, our UW-IT team has been monitoring and recovering the Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage. Once it was determined that this was an international outage with no harmful intent, our incident management team assembled to manage communications and connectivity. We also reached out to the Computing Directors for updates and insights to…
Traveling this summer?
June 12, 2024
If you're about to hit the road, don't forget to set up your devices with eduroam, the UW's preferred Wi-Fi app. It's secure and encrypted, but better yet, it's accepted at more than 30,000 points across the globe. Check it out!
UW-IT chooses AVP to lead new People & Culture Division
April 15, 2024
By UW-IT Communications & Engagement staff When Bethany Brodsky is not operating as an HR executive — solving tough people problems and coaching those around her to do the same — you will likely find her busy with various activities, most involving her family and her community. One meaningful role her family has played has…
Is your email forwarding working?
April 9, 2024
We are getting a lot of questions about email forwarding issues. We are not disabling email forwarding for @uw.edu domains, but you may still be affected by actions being taken by commercial email companies. Stay informed!
New UW-IT infrastructure directors take on critical roles to better serve UW
February 20, 2024
Three units within UW-IT’s Infrastructure Division critical to the University of Washington’s business functions now have new leaders — a key step in a major reorganization that was completed in late 2023. Scott Bingham is Director of Microsoft Platforms, a new unit in UW-IT; David Cox is Director of Computing and Storage; Joby Walker is…
New research computing division gets strong leader
January 16, 2024
By UW-IT News & Announcements Xiao Zhu, a research computer expert with the knowhow to help other researchers across the University of Washington to meet their evolving computing needs, is UW-IT’s new Associate Vice President for Research Computing. “It is my belief that Xiao will skillfully support the UW in its role as a…
Keep Duo Mobile updated; Duo no longer supporting earlier mobile device operating systems
January 2, 2024
Android devices using operating systems 9, 8 and Apple devices using iOS version 13 or earlier will no longer be able to download the latest version of Duo Mobile nor receive Duo Mobile maintenance fixes and security updates, starting Feb. 9, 2023. Please keep Duo Mobile updated. Make sure your devices' operating systems are up…
Making language models accessible to all
January 2, 2024
Video by Sam Han | Text by Ignacio Lobos | UW-IT Communications & Engagement Tim Dettmers, center. Artidoro Pagnoni, right. Something that easily gets lost when people talk about working with large language models such as ChatGPT is cost and the unbelievable amount of power needed to run them. That’s where Tim Dettmers, a Ph.D.…
This fall, don’t forget to choose eduroam for your Wi-Fi needs
November 1, 2023
Eduroam is the preferred Wi-Fi connection to the UW’s network. It’s more secure and encrypted, using the latest technology. Eduroam can also be used across the globe.