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The Principal Investigator Transactions Report is now available in Workday which allows Grants Administrators the ability to view non-personnel transactions initiated for their PIs for a given date range. The report mimics the weekly non-personnel transaction report that PIs receive from Workday. The report is a new tool to help Grants Administrators when reviewing Workday transactions with their PIs.

To access the Principal Investigator Transaction report, the individual will either need the "Faculty and Grants Administrative Analyst" (for PIs) or "Grants Administrator Analyst" (for Grants Administrators/Staff) security role in Workday.

Stemcell Technologies Inc. joins Buckeye Buy with a supplier website catalog of scientific research products at academic discount pricing. The catalog offers  Bulk Import” and “Retrieve a Quote” options on the landing page for quick order entry.

Contact Fa Wang at fa.wang@stemcell.com to request an online enabled quote. Contact the Marketplace Team BF-Marketplace@osu.edu with catalog questions.

Course shells for Summer 2025 academic courses are now available!

Instructors can find their academic course shells on their Carmen Landing Page or by using the Aegis platform. Check under the "Manage Courses" card. 

Microsoft created Club Copilot in August 2024 to help users in the education community connect and learn more about Copilot products.

It focuses entirely on Copilot for Microsoft 365, but users of Microsoft Copilot Chat are also welcome to join. The community will now be meeting on both the second and fourth Tuesday of each month to focus specifically on Copilot in education and how it can increase productivity, build bandwidth, and transform teaching and learning.

How to Join Club Copilot

Use this link to join Club Copilot. These calendar invitations to will link you to the online meetings each month:

• Second Tuesday. 4 p.m. / Next Meeting: March 12
• Fourth Tuesday, 4 p.m. / Next Meeting: March 26

As part of the education community, you are eligible to:

• Become part of the Club Copilot team in Microsoft Teams
• Receive a monthly email sharing the Copilot focus for the month
• Receive a calendar invitations for the monthly calls

Each session of Club Copilot will follow feature a sample month, discussion that focuses on a few M365 Copilot features to enable you to use it more effectively and a question-and-answer session.

Copilot Product Versions

Club Copilot focuses on Copilot for Microsoft 365, but users of Microsoft Copilot Chat are also welcome to join.

• Microsoft Copilot Chat is the version of Copilot that Ohio State provides to all its users. Log in to ensure you are using your OSU license, which adds extra protection for your data.
• Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 (M365 Copilot) is an extended version of the Copilot tool that is available for an additional cost. Licenses can be purchased by departments on an annual basis by following the instructions posted in the Administrative Resource Center (ARC). 

Club Copilot is for non-technical users. Microsoft encourages more technical users to attend MS National Office Hours on Thursdays at 4 p.m.