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Meet Purple: UW’s Generative AI Tool is Now Available to Students
July 15, 2026
Purple, UW’s generative AI tool, is now available as an optional tool for students. Learn what Purple can do and how to get started.
Resource Spotlight: Purple Chat History and Response Validation
July 7, 2026
Learn how to manage your chat history in Purple and evaluate AI-generated content before using it.
Get Help with Purple: Support, Training, and Documentation
June 23, 2026
This page provides a list of support resources to help you get started with Purple, learn effective prompting practices, use the tool responsibly, and connect with the UW AI community.
Stay Safe: Guard Against Voice Phishing and AI Impersonation
June 23, 2026
Learn how to identify and protect yourself from rising voice phishing and AI impersonation scams targeting sensitive information.
Purple is Here: A Generative AI Tool for the UW Community
June 16, 2026
Purple, UW’s generative AI tool, is now available as an optional tool for faculty and staff. Learn what Purple can do and how to get started.
What Is Purple and Why Is UW Offering It?
May 19, 2026
Learn about Purple and how it helps the UW adopt AI responsibly.
Get Familiar with Purple: Workshops Before Launch
May 19, 2026
Discover how Purple can assist your work at UW! Join the Purple Foundations workshop to explore AI tools, create personal agents, and enhance teaching, research, and collaboration.
Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day at UW
May 15, 2026
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026 on Thursday, May 21.
2026 UW Information Technology Customer & Partner Experience Survey
April 8, 2026
The UWIT Customer & Partner Experience Survey opens April 14 and runs through May 8, 2026. Students, faculty, researchers, and staff are invited to share feedback to help improve UW technology tools, services, and support across the University.
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…