Learn how to recognize fraudulent emails, text and calls that flourish during the summer and attempt to get you to send or receive money advances with promises of easy jobs, tuition discounts or other rewards. These approaches by cybercriminals are not new, but they are growing increasingly sophisticated. So, learn what you can do to protect yourself.
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Set up your UW NetID recovery options
Add your mobile number and email address so if you forget your password or get locked out, you can regain access to your UW NetID.
Use eduroam Wi-Fi network when you travel
Because the UW is a member of a network developed for the international research and education community, you get free Wi-Fi access at thousands of locations across the globe. Onboard your devices now before you travel.
Dispose of old computers and mobile devices securely with these resources
As the 2022-23 school year ends, learn how to delete data completely from computers and devices before you surplus or recycle them.
UW-IT offers hands-on support for research computing
UW-IT can help guide researchers to multiple research computing options and training, including cloud computing or the UW’s own supercomputer.
Summer scams alert: Stay vigilant!
Learn how to recognize fraudulent emails, text and calls that flourish during the summer and attempt to get you to send or receive money advances with promises of easy jobs, tuition discounts or other rewards. These approaches by cybercriminals are not new, but they are growing increasingly sophisticated. So, learn what you can do to protect yourself.
Become a digital accessibility champion
Learn about the 2023 digital accessibility winners, including UW Libraries, and join them by applying to get your high-impact videos captioned without charge by UW-IT’s Accessible Technology Services. Many of UW’s videos made by various groups for YouTube are not captioned, or rely on YouTube’s auto-generated captions, which are most often not accurate enough.
Traveling this summer? Keep yourself and your devices safe
With summer around the corner, you may have to travel for school or work. Learn how to keep your mobile devices, your data and UW data safe — and pick up other travel tips with this handy guide.
Set up your UW NetID recovery options
Add your mobile number and email address so if you forget your password or get locked out, you can regain access to your UW NetID.
Rev up your classes with Jupyter Notebook
UW faculty, do your classes rely on heavy computing use? If you’re not already using our JupyterHub service, find out what we can do for you now!