Join us for the April IT All Hands meeting from 3-4 p.m. CT on Wednesday, April 16 as WashU IT Chief of Staff Melinda Schmidt introduces WashU IT’s new Operating Model; a framework for how we work that will directly support the important progress teams are making to align with the ImpacT and Here and […]
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Person of ImpacT: Celebrating Julie Szaj, Director, PPMO Organizational Change Management
Central to WashU IT’s Organizational Change Management (OCM) team is an individual whose leadership transcends the professional realm and touches people’s lives in ways that are profound, lasting, and deeply meaningful. Julie Szaj, Director, PPMO OCM team, was nominated by multiple peers as a 2024 Person of ImpacT. The nominations are a tribute to Szaj’s […]
Request to dim the lights for migrating birds in May: Take the Lights Out Pledge
Each year, billions of birds cross through the United States on their seasonal migrations. An estimated 600,000 birds die after colliding with buildings. Lights Out Heartland, a collaboration of organizations from the heartland area of the US, is asking individuals and organizations to dim or turn off non-essential outdoor lights and close blinds this May […]
Update on LinkedIn Learning transitions to Workday Learning
As of Monday, April 14, the latest round of learning content will be moved from Learn@Work to Workday Learning. This group includes LinkedInLearning, University Advancement, WashU Information Technology, the Brown School, WashU Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology, and more. View which courses moved and learn more about the project at Workday@WashU. This move is part of the larger project to transition all courses […]
Announcing New WashU IT Templates and Branding Resources
We are excited to share new, visually striking, and streamlined WashU IT templates. These resources are now available for everyone within our organization to use. Whether you are looking to create a presentation, report, meeting agenda, or letter, there is a template for that. The new templates are an initiative of the WashU IT Brand […]
Person of ImpacT: Recognizing Alesya Bernatskaya, Program Director for WashU IT’s CyBear Secure Program
A Leader in Cybersecurity Transformation At the heart of WashU’s cybersecurity transformation is a dedicated team of professionals guided by the vision of strong leadership across WashU IT and supported by Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Chris Shull. Among them is Alesya Bernatskaya, Program Director for the CyBear Secure Program, whose role as a facilitator has helped drive […]
Orca Cloud Security
WashU IT is implementing a new cloud tool called Orca Security to provide robust protection across WashU’s cloud environments—including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. Orca Security scans our cloud environments daily, actively identifying potential risks such as misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, identity issues, data security concerns, API exposures, and other issues. When […]
Research Computing Update: Compute2 Cluster Advances
WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services (RIS) is actively working on the delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware from each vendor. This is crucial in ensuring the cluster infrastructure meets Compute2’s highest performance, security, and reliability standards. The RIS team has completed each vendor’s delivery, installation, and configuration of hardware and are working on configuring the new SLURM job […]
The Capacity Management Corner: New Resources Announcement
New Resource Pages for Project & Program Managers and Resource Managers The Capacity Management team is thrilled to announce the launch of two new resource pages designed to support our community of Project & Program Managers, as well as our Resource Managers. These resource pages are tailored to provide you with the knowledge and tools […]
Microsoft Outlook external email banner to boost security
WashU IT has introduced an external email banner for Microsoft Outlook to boost security and prevent account compromises by highlighting emails from outside the university. The external email banner went into production on February 8th, with changes visible within 48 hours. This update affects Microsoft Outlook on Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and Web. Other clients […]