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WashU IT Focus Groups to meet soon for Employee Engagement effort 

WashU IT is continuing its commitment to strengthening employee engagement, with upcoming focus groups designed to ensure employee voices help shape the future of our organization.  Later this month, two focus groups—one for managers and one for employees—will meet with Sparck, a third-party partner specializing in employee engagement. These sessions will build on the feedback […]

Using Teams with both WashU and BJC accounts: Accessing resources 

For employees with both WashU and BJC credentials, it is important to be logged in with the correct account to access the necessary content—especially in Microsoft Teams and related tools like SharePoint.  To access WashU resources (such as Teams, SharePoint sites, or other Microsoft content shared to an @wustl.edu address), employees must be logged in with their WashU key account […]

Changes to Copilot access in Microsoft 365 apps starting April 15 

Starting April 15, only users with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 premium subscription will have access to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Users without the premium features will no longer see Copilot in these apps. This change is intended to reserve the full in-app Copilot experience—with advanced reasoning and model choice—for users who […]

Roundtables renew WashU IT Service Excellence 

WashU IT’s Service Management Office is launching a new monthly ITSM Roundtable series designed to strengthen service excellence across the university. A calendar invitation has already been shared; be sure to check your inbox and save the dates.   These monthly meetings will be held the fourth Friday of each month and will last 30 minutes. Each round […]

AI at the point of care: How Epic-enabled tools are reshaping clinical workflows 

AI is rapidly changing clinical infrastructure across BJC HealthCare and the WashU School of Medicine. A recent presentation explained how the behind-the-scenes work of IT teams is making these changes happen seamlessly, reliably and securely.  During the March IT All Hands meeting, Richard Biehl and Michael Kriemelman, Senior Directors of Application and Product Delivery, delivered an exciting presentation on how a growing suite of AI-enabled tools embedded directly into […]

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