On December 19, the university announced the appointment of Chris Kielt as the new Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer. Kielt is currently the Vice Chancellor for IT and CIO at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will begin his new position wit...
Microsoft Teams provides a wealth of new options for communicating and collaborating with colleagues, bringing tools and services like chat, videoconferencing, group communications, file storage and more into a unified interface. As we onboard more groups to the Teams platform, we thought it woul...
The WashU IT Enterprise Applications team closed out 2018 with a long list of accomplishments including meeting project milestones, improved service delivery and more. In addition to running large operation projects such as student registration, fiscal year end and open enrollment, the team also ...
WashU IT progressed with several high profile technology projects in 2018, making advancements toward digitizing university systems, implementing software for efficiency and integration, and protecting university data. Take a look at some of the highlights below. Research Storage Pilots Be...
The IT Passport campaign’s primary focus is listening to the collaborative needs of groups within our institution, then reacting with appropriate solutions. When we asked about the collaborative challenges our users were facing, we heard that faculty staff and students want to collaborate easily ...
The WashU IT Canvas team has been very busy this semester, and it doesn’t look like things will slow down anytime soon! The team has been actively engaged in planning and preparing our WashU community for the launch of Canvas, the university’s new, online Learning Management System (LMS). Canvas ...
On Thursday, October 25, the Office of Sustainability and the WashU Information Security Office will host an e-waste recycling and confidential paper shredding event. Anyone is welcome to bring accepted items to the collection drive in the food truck lane near the intersection of Scott and Taylor...
WUSM and BJC are now using Epic, a widely adopted healthcare software suite that manages electronic medical records (EMR), scheduling, and a number of other functions to document, manage and enhance patient care. WashU IT worked with BJC and WUSM on the launch of the software system earlier this ...
WashU IT is launching the IT Passport campaign later this month to highlight the ways that our tools and services can supercharge your collaborations. We have spent the last several months meeting with representatives from various schools and departments to find out how people collaborate across ...
Washington University Community of Developers (WUCODE) is a community of practice focused on creating a place for software engineers to collaborate and learn together about industry trends. Jason LaBrash, business and technology app analyst with Radiation Oncology, says the idea for the group was...
