The people who provide IT services at UW‑Madison are working every hour of every day to help support the Wisconsin Idea so that the university can help improve people’s lives beyond the classroom.
Chief Information Officer & Vice Provost for Information Technology
Lois Brooks
Email:
lois.brooks
Lois Brooks joined UW–Madison in August 2018 as vice provost for information technology and chief information officer. Before that, she served as Oregon State University’s vice provost for information services and chief information officer.
She is active nationally in the higher education community, having served in leadership and governance roles with the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Unizin, Educause Learning Initiative, and Internet2. She received the 2022 ORBIE award for excellence in IT leadership in the large enterprise category.
She also served for many years at Stanford University, most recently as director of Academic Computing. During her tenure at Stanford, she co-founded the Sakai Foundation (now Apareo), serving on the board of directors and later as executive director.
View “From the CIO” — a collection of Lois’ presentations, articles and thought leadership, with links to regional and national organizations she serves and participates in.
Who does IT@UW–Madison?
Division of Information Technology
DoIT is a center of campus IT operations, providing IT services & support to faculty, staff and students as well as their schools, divisions, departments and units.
More campus IT providers
A variety of other IT providers are distributed across campus, performing IT functions and providing IT services for schools, divisions, departments and units.
Example of ongoing work
From large scale projects to everyday learning opportunities, UW–Madison IT professionals support the mission of teaching, research and service with innovative and creative solutions.
Interested in working at UW–Madison?
IT news
IT and CIO news
Stay cyber-secure while traveling
Learn how to stay cyber-secure during your next trip.
Virtual Office Hours with CIO Lois Brooks & Adam Borger
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer. The Mar 21 guest is Adam Borger, outreach coordinator, Food Research Institute.
Engage helps students save on course materials: Fall orders open Mar 19
Engage integrates digital textbooks with Canvas, saving students money while ensuring day-one access to course materials. Order by Mar 26 for summer 2025; fall 2025 ordering opens Mar 19.
New email sending limits to start in May
Beginning May 12, we will place new default sending limits on all UW–Madison Microsoft 365 accounts. Learn more about this change and what to do if you’re impacted.
DoIT Number system changing with transition to Workday
DoIT shut down the website tool for the DoIT Number system on Feb 28. However, DoIT Numbers themselves remain fully active through Jun 30. Learn what actions you need to take during this transition period.
