OIT Article Summaries

Whether you are a student, faculty, researcher or staff member, university approved AI tools can offer valuable resources to support your academic and professional endeavors.

Learn more about the new Microsoft Teams client being rolled out on April 1, 2024!

Browse the OIT researcher tools and services webpages to search for technology that will help you achieve your goals.

Software, applications and new tools are available for free or at a discounted rate for the university community. Learn more about BioRender and high performance computing tools.

Microsoft Copilot is an AI tool that can help you save time and improve productivity and is now approved for use through our university licensing. With its AI-powered capabilities and commercial data protection, Copilot is a secure and reliable tool that can assist with a variety of tasks including answering complex questions and generating images with DALL-E 3. Check it out!

Updates coming soon to the EMS Room Scheduling System (EMS). Videoconference and webinar services will soon be available to request as part of the room reservation process.

We have heard your feedback and are working to improve the network connectivity across campus. With the success of updating the Education Buildings, Fulginiti Pavilion and Skaggs School of Pharmacy earlier in 2023, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) moved forward with additional Wi-Fi updates across the campus this past fall. Partnered with our vendor, we completed work on replacing aging equipment to enhance Wi-Fi performance in additional buildings across the campus.

Round 0 of the Implementation Phase has been completed and 6 rooms have been updated to meet the standards of the Hybrid Technology Improvement Project. We are now starting Round 1 in this phase which includes the upgrades for 22 classrooms and conference rooms that have been identified. Work on these 22 rooms will begin fall 2023.

OIT is planning on conducting failover testing of the North Classroom Data Center on Sunday, July 30th. This is an estimated 8-hour testing window from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm to evaluate system backup processes and remediate any issues that present. To test these processes, we will be simulating a network outage, but no power or devices will actually be turned off.

CU Anschutz and CU Boulder celebrated a milestone this summer during a cross-campus gathering highlighting the significant advances made in high-performance computing (HPC) within the CU system. This integration of staff and expertise from both the Boulder and Anschutz campuses is a critical piece in advancing science and innovation.

The UIS data center move to CU Anschutz is scheduled to begin at noon on Friday, Oct. 6, through 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct 9. Multiple teams from OIT and Information Security and IT Compliance (ISIC) are working closely with UIS and our IT partners across both campuses to determine the systems and services that will be impacted.

​OIT is thrilled to announce that as of July 2023, our classroom technology upgrades are underway with the first few classroom transformations completed. The new technology offers a simplified experience with quick setup and a user-friendly interface.

The university can now easily report phishing messages directly through Microsoft Outlook. Learn more about the new functionality.

Primary security concerns with AI at the university include attackers deliberately injecting false information to compromise the integrity of data in machine learning mode and uploading data into AI where is may remain permanently without appropriate university approved protections and security controls.

Our new service desk support model includes a more streamlined process, quicker response times and more personalized assistance. If you need technical assistance while in a classroom or conference room, please call 303-724-4357 or 4-HELP.

OIT has been working with the School of Medicine (SOM) and the CU Boulder Research Computing team (CURC) to create a shared HPC resource for researchers on the CU Anschutz campus. Interested in more information about high performance computing with Alpine? The team can attend your department meeting to discuss more about the system’s capabilities and processes to get started. A Microsoft Teams community site has been created for active HPC users to share best practices, resources, and peer-to-peer support. More information about the new Alpine HPC is available on the OIT HPC webpage at cuanschutz.edu/hpc or email questions to the HPC team at hpcsupport@cuanschutz.edu.

Starting in June of 2023, changes are coming to the current CU Anschutz Medical Campus agreement with Adobe. All current users must download your files from Adobe Creative Cloud storage and save them to a secure university file location prior to June 1, 2023. Your files will be permanently be lost if you don’t take this important step.