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Meet Purple: UW’s Generative AI Tool That’s Changing the Game
February 10, 2026
Discover how Purple, UW’s generative AI tool, is transforming the way we work, learn, and innovate for students, faculty, staff and researchers at UW.
Discover the Power of Prompting with Purple: UW’s Gen AI Tool for Smarter Academic Planning
January 14, 2026
Discover how Purple, UW's Gen AI, can help the way you plan your academic journey!
Holiday Phishing Scams Are Rising – Spot and Report Them Fast
December 3, 2025
As the holiday season ramps up, so do online scams targeting universities. We’re seeing a notable increase in fraudulent emails, texts, and phone calls aimed at students, faculty, staff, and medical personnel. These attempts can be highly convincing and often mimic supervisors, campus departments, job recruiters, or trusted companies.
Workday Access Window Shortened for Former Employees
November 25, 2025
Payroll and UW-IT recently partnered on an important update that changes how long former employees can log into Workday to view their electronic tax documents and past pay slips.
Purple: UW’s Custom AI Tool Is Taking Shape
October 23, 2025
Purple, UW’s custom AI tool, is moving from concept to reality.
Windows 10 Support is Ending
August 28, 2025
Windows 10 support ends October 14. Find out what you need to do to stay connected to UW networks.
A powerful network links Washington classrooms to the stars
May 27, 2025
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 the time. We just can’t see…
New Register.UW app simplifies course registration for all students
April 21, 2025
A significantly enhanced registration tool is now streamlining how University of Washington students register for classes.
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.
UW and Workday collaborate to lead to global progress in digital accessibility
November 12, 2024
When the University of Washington selected Workday a decade ago to manage payroll and other critical tasks under Human Resources, accessibility experts determined the application needed more work to make it more functional for people with disabilities.
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!