IT Update

A new way to spell check in ServiceNow

February 8, 2024

The ServiceNow platform now relies on spell check performed by the individual’s browser. If you right-click or open the context menu on a misspelled word in text fields with advanced editing features, you will see the option to add a link.

To utilize the individual’s browser...

Charting a new course

February 8, 2024

The IT Learning and Development team was born out of the need to formalize IT staff learning. In the fall of 2022, Taber Lightfoot, associate director of user experience and IT training, took the lead in spearheading this program, with Michelle Morgan, information services consultant, joining...

AI In Medicine Symposium

January 11, 2024

The Section of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at Yale School of Medicine invites you to submit abstracts and register to attend the inaugural AI in Medicine Symposium, to be held on Friday, February 2, 2024.

The 2024 AI in Medicine Symposium, led by Andrew Taylor, MD, MHS, is...

ITS staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires - December 2023

January 11, 2024

Congratulations to ITS staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in December. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

Cybersecurity Awareness Program: build new cyber habits

January 11, 2024

The New Year always presents the opportunity for resolutions and building good habits. We tend to set ambitious, often unrealistic goals that don’t stick. Make 2024 the year you build cyber-safe habits and stick to them!

Here are three truths about habits:

The more we repeat...

IT Learning & Development’s January events

January 11, 2024

IT Learning & Development’s Café IT and Tech Talks series will offer several exciting opportunities for staff this spring. Below are the two events planned for January. Please check your email to RSVP and receive the Zoom links for each session, or contact...

Call for posters for the upcoming One IT conference

January 11, 2024

The planning committee for the 2024 One IT Conference (March 20) is excited to invite submissions for poster presentations focusing on the ideas, projects, and data reshaping the landscape of Yale’s...

Advancing Collaboration: One IT as a Catalyst

January 11, 2024

On March 20, the IT community at Yale – distributed and central – will congregate on Science Hill for an inaugural One IT Conference. The full-day, in-person conference (anticipated to be held annually) will feature an opening keynote panel discussion at Marsh Auditorium at the Yale Science...

Introducing the Yale Status Board

January 11, 2024

Starting January 24, the Yale community will have access to the Yale Status Board, a web-based dashboard providing information about critical events, outages, and service interruptions on campus. The new application collates information published by the Facilities and Emergency Management...

Scheduled outage - PaperCut maintenance on Monday morning, Jan. 15

January 10, 2024
Please share these details with individuals in your area of responsibility who need this information. Summary Yale ITS will deploy a software upgrade to the PaperCut print system from 7 - 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, resulting in an outage. Yale’s PaperCut vendor recommends that we deploy this...

ITS staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires - November 2023

December 14, 2023

Congratulations to ITS staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in November. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

Cybersecurity awareness 2023 year in review

December 14, 2023

We are grateful for your participation in Yale’s Cybersecurity Awareness Program. Your cyber-safe actions - from attending our lunch and learns to listening to the podcast to building knowledge through our self-paced trivia games – help protect Yale data and systems. Thank you!

2023 was...

IT Staff celebrate and reflect on 2023

December 14, 2023

It’s the season to be jolly, and IT staff had several reasons to be joyful and merry this year! The IT holiday celebration on December 12 featured food, music, fun, and raffle prizes, with proceeds benefiting the United Way of Greater New Haven. Heidi and Handsome Dan delighted the staff...

Pioneering AI projects and promoting data governance

December 14, 2023

With a growing number of publicly available Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and a rapidly changing technology space, Yale quickly recognized the need to provide its community with guidelines. This led to the Data Governance Executive Council, Provost Scott Strobel, SVP for Operations Jack...

It's time for mid-year performance discussions

December 14, 2023

As a reminder, we have entered the development phase of I TS’s Performance Management cycle , including conducting a mid-year performance review.

Be sure to complete mid-year performance reviews for ITS...

The latest project updates from IT Leaders at November’s ITLT

December 14, 2023

This month’s IT Leadership Team meeting, held on Wednesday, November 29, featured discussions and updates on the following initiatives:

Summer Internship Program

Katie Cullen and Cheri Ross outlined the program’s process, deadlines, and expectations. The rotation is planned for ten...

Introducing feedback management for enhanced customer engagement

December 14, 2023

The IT Support Services team would like to introduce you to a new feedback widget on the IT at Yale portal as a simple and convenient way for individuals you support to submit feedback.

The widget, visible from the IT at Yale homepage after...

New Learning & Development manager series for 2024

December 14, 2023

With the winter recess quickly approaching, IT Learning & Development wants to take the opportunity to bring post-recess events and programming to your attention now.

A new manager’s series is under development in partnership with IT HR Business Partner Kaila Carroll and HR...

Join us to learn about the exciting new approach to Learning & Development at Yale!

December 14, 2023
Summary

We are excited to unveil an innovative approach to Learning & Development at Yale!

Over the past few years, we have developed an infrastructure, including quality standards and modern technology, to support learning as part of our work at Yale. This is only a start, as we...

New self-service system tracks health requirements

December 13, 2023
Tracking health requirements just got easier!

Health On Track , the university’s new self-service system for tracking health requirements, will launch on January 29.

Health On Track will manage current school or job-related health requirements and allow Yale to provide a safe...

Important: Save your Zoom recordings before Jan. 2024

December 13, 2023
Summary On Jan. 15, 2024, Yale will limit how long we save Zoom recordings to 13 months. Possible action required: Please prepare early to ensure you don’t lose any recordings you wish to keep. Recordings made on or before Dec. 16, 2022, will be deleted on Jan. 15 when this change is made...

Ask IT Leadership - November 2023

November 9, 2023

IT staff are invited to anonymously...

IT Learning & Development’s Café IT and Tech Talks - Nov. 2023

November 9, 2023

IT Learning & Development’s Café IT and Tech Talks series continues this fall with the following events.

Please check your email to RSVP and receive the Zoom links for each session, or reach out to...

Service Now to be upgraded mid-December

November 9, 2023

Each year, the Service Now Development and Support team upgrades the Service Now platform to the newest version. The team will be upgrading the platform to Vancouver in December.

What to expect

Aside from general updates, the following new functionality will be enabled:

Contextual...

Accelerating IT's professional development

November 9, 2023

Over the past seven months, IT Learning & Development has been teasing apart the range of current efforts and offerings to restructure and reorganize staff training into a cohesive program. Those efforts have occurred mainly behind the scenes, as the team collected feedback from the members...

ITLT meeting recap - November

November 9, 2023

The November IT Leadership Team meeting covered three main topics: ITS organizational updates, the life-cycle refresh (LCR) program, and an update on the Dataverse project.

ITS organizational updates

Jeremy Rosenberg and Frank Mathew provided an overview of the new central IT...

From Bytes to Boos: Highlights from ITS’s Halloween Party

November 9, 2023

In the “spirit” of bringing the community together, IT hosted a Halloween party at 25 Science Park on Tuesday, October 31. With the help of planning committee members (Chatarra Alston, Stephanie D’Andrea, Debbie Michelson, Cheri Ross, and Kathy Swanson), the fourth-floor lunchroom was...

ITS staff movement, anniversaries, and new hires - October 2023

November 9, 2023

Congratulations to ITS staff who recently celebrated a milestone, moved to a new role, or joined our organization in October. Welcome or congratulate your colleagues using Ycards , Yale’s digital...

From Cybersecurity Awareness Month to Click with Caution!

November 9, 2023

Thank you for engaging with us during Cybersecurity Awareness Month ! We appreciate you attending events, completing puzzles, and sharing our awareness posters within your departments.

In November, we have many...

Climate, Culture, and Inclusion Task Force explores new ways to engage IT

November 9, 2023

The Climate, Culture, and Inclusion (CCI) task force resumed its networking breakfast series on Tuesday, October 24, to reestablish its membership, increase face-to-face interaction, and find new ways of engaging with the community. Sponsored by current Chair Jeremy Rosenberg, the group was...

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