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Beth Varcho|October 13, 2025Learn to Responsibly Manage Your Digital Storage
Beth Varcho|October 13, 2025Join us to explore the storage options available to faculty, staff, and students—OneDrive, Teams and more. These sessions are ONLY open to faculty and staff at the university; the Medical Center has different storage solutions so advice provided may not apply.Enhanced Listening Experience in Lecture Halls
Beth Varcho|October 9, 2025The summer months are critical for the Learning and Collaborative Environments (LCE) team to complete upgrades to classroom pool facilities and technology. One feature added this summer was a new assistive listening technology, Mobile Connect, implemented in eight lecture halls.Upcoming Changes to Mailman
Beth Varcho|October 9, 2025OTDI is making important updates to the Mailman mailing list system to improve performance, security, and usability. Mailman is the software application we use for managing electronic mailing lists. We are upgrading our Mailman software from version 2 to version 3, and migrating the existing lists and archives.New Password Policy Enhances Security and Convenience
Beth Varcho|October 9, 2025As part of Cybersecurity Month, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) is announcing changes to passwords that will reduce the burden on our users while strengthening our overall security. Beginning Oct. 9, Ohio State users will no longer be required to change their university password every 180 days – your next password change prompt will be your last.Attend Securing the Mission: Building Awareness and Resilience in Higher Ed on Oct. 9
Reg Jackson|October 7, 2025Seeing how our peers operate is a rare opportunity. While we all face similar cybersecurity challenges, we handle them in a variety of ways. Partnering with the Big Ten Academic Alliance for this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month offers one of those opportunities in a virtual setting.
Outlook Update to Events Added to Calendars from Email
Beth Varcho|September 26, 2025Starting January 31, 2026, Microsoft Outlook is updating how it adds events—like flight bookings, hotel reservations, and package deliveries—from your email directly to your calendar.Rob Lowden Featured on City of Ohio State Podcast
Brooke Bartholomew|September 24, 2025New Ohio State CIO Rob Lowden will help set the future direction for technology on campus. On this episode of the City of Ohio State podcast, hear what excites him most about joining the Buckeye community, and how OTDI is shaping the university’s future. From advancing AI fluency to strengthening cybersecurity and IT services.
In the news: Rob Lowden works with Ohio State to incorporate AI into students’ educations
Administration and Planning Media Relations|September 23, 2025Newly appointed Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO), Rob Lowden, has big plans for the future of artificial intelligence in Ohio State academics. With more than 25 years of leadership experience guiding institutions through technological advancements, Lowden joined the university to increase the fluency of students’ AI-usage.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5 Available Now for all Users!
Beth Varcho|September 17, 2025Microsoft began rolling out GPT-5 in Copilot in early August. OpenAI’s GPT-5 is the newest generative AI model from OpenAI, that now operates within Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced system to date.