News & Events

The university’s newest generative AI platform, Ask WashU, is now free and available to the entire campus community. This secure platform gives students, faculty, and staff the ability to personalize chats, select from multiple AI models, and interact directly with InfoSec policies. To see the platform in action, watch this quick one-minute video. For some guidance […]

The May 20 IT All Hands meeting will focus entirely on employees, highlighting available university employee resources that support wellbeing and delivering an update on the WashU IT employee engagement effort.  Jen Stedelin, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff to the Chief Information Officer, will lead the session. She will kick off the meeting by sharing several important department updates and employee recognitions, including a year-in-review of service milestones.  In […]

With important renewal deadlines fast approaching, Washington University teams are being urged to take immediate action to maintain access to essential software tools, including CrashPlan, EndNote, MatLab, and SigmaPlot.  Employees who rely on these applications to support their daily work must ensure their licenses are properly reviewed and renewed through the Software Renewal process. Failure to act by the upcoming deadlines could result […]

Microsoft Planner, a task and project tool used across WashU, has rolled out a significant update this spring that has added new capabilities and phased out several older ones. The update is designed to make it easier for employees to track work, collaborate with coworkers and stay aligned on priorities.   These changes affect Planner in Teams, Planner […]

WashU IT launched the AI Literacy Foundations Program for staff on April 17, 2026. This introductory program, made up of three courses, gives foundational knowledge of AI to help staff enhance their daily work and more efficiently complete personal tasks with the help of AI.  Each course is approximately 20 minutes in length and can be found in Workday. The topics covered include legal and regulatory compliance, the […]