Staff Recognition and Awards: Please nominate your peers

Distinguished Honor Awards  nominations are open and being accepted until 5 pm CT, Friday, March 15th. Explore the categories under Universitywide, Central Fiscal Unit (CFU,) Medical School, and Danforth Campus School awards and consider nominating your peers or leaders for these prestigious honors.  Staff Recognition Awards this year will return to an in-person component. Staff with […]

IT All Hands recording and materials for February now available

The February IT All Hands Meeting recording and presentation materials are now available for review through the WashU IT Website All Hands Archives. You can explore materials from past meetings anytime.   Congratulations to the winners of the February prize drawing. Penny Candelario, Analyst Epic Application II, and Aaron Isom, IT Project Manager II, each won two […]

Pause to technology purchases and projects involving student data

As we approach the start of the complicated go-live year for  Workday Student, we are asking that schools and units pause the purchase of new technologies or the start of new technical projects that involve student data. This pause is temporary but necessary to ensure no negative impacts to our transition to Workday Student. Further, we […]

Patient Engagement: Manage Your Healthcare Online 

Are you currently a BJC/WashU patient? Or, do you have a family member that you take care of that is a patient? Then, you should have a MyChart account. Read on to learn how to sign up and become part of the more than a million customers we support through MyChart.  How do I sign […]

Unleash the power of collaboration with Monday.com 

 WashU IT is excited to announce the addition of Monday.com to its portfolio of work management platforms. Monday.com is here to transform the way you work, making Mondays and every other day of the week more efficient, collaborative, and enjoyable. Monday.com is a powerful collaborative work management platform which provides task-driven workspaces to enable users to plan, […]

Bridging the Digital Divide: JustUsed Tech Initiative Transforms Old and Unused Gadgets into Agents of Change

In a notable initiative to address the digital divide and environmental sustainability, Titobiloluwa Oreolorun, an MBA candidate at Olin Business School, has recently partnered with the Skandalaris Center to launch JustUsed Tech, a nonprofit organization with a mission to refurbish computers and phones for donation to disadvantaged students in St. Louis and children in Africa […]

Optimizing Healthcare Delivery through IT: Insights into Clinical and Research Information

In this ImpacT video installment, WashU IT highlights how we are streamlining clinical workflows, driving groundbreaking research initiatives, and delivering world class patient information. Optimizing Healthcare Delivery through IT: Insights into Clinical and Research Information explores the world of clinical information, connecting Information Technology to patients at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM). In collaboration […]

WashU IT Hub – Changes coming to 4480 Clayton

Some changes are coming to our 4480 Clayton office space that will impact the layout and location of WashU IT departments.  In alignment with our IT Operating Model and due to the current space being underutilized, the decision has been made to consolidate WashU IT’s office space at 4480 Clayton. A research trial for the Mallinckrodt Institute for Radiology (MIR) will also be moving into […]

Bridging Academia and Industry: DevSTAC’s Interdisciplinary Excellence Shines in their Latest Project, WashU GPT Test Report 

In 2016, the IT Director Dr. Sherry Holmes launched DevSTAC program, an interdisciplinary group of student employees who can be hired to develop and integrate emerging technology to satisfy the client’s needs, in hopes of bridging the gap between the academics in real-life work experience in technology for students. The DevSTAC members found the program […]

Classic Microsoft Teams available until March 5th, 2024

Microsoft is retiring the current Legacy “Classic” Teams Experience. As of Tuesday, February 6th, the New Microsoft Teams (Teams 2.0) is now the default experience for Washington University users.  No action is needed for users already using New Microsoft Teams (Teams 2.0). ​​​​For WashU users who are currently using Classic Teams, users will need to restart their computer to initiate the change from […]