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Ransomware’s New Frontier: How Universities Can Defend Against This Growing Threat

Increasingly sophisticated data breaches, exfiltration schemes and other unprecedented risks to higher education networks require updates to cybersecurity strategies and tools.

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Copilot+ PCs Offer Fast, Powerful AI to Boost Faculty Members’ Productivity

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AI in Higher Education: A Guide for Teachers

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AI Agents in Higher Education: Transforming Student Services and Support

This is the group that I rely on. No one institution has AI all figured out. But in this room that we created, the answer’s in there.”

Brandon Rich, Director of AI Enablement, University of Notre Dame

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Artificial Intelligence Streamlines Higher Ed Admissions

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University Athletic Departments Optimize Performance with AI

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Immersive AI and VR Experiences Bridge the Skills Gap in Higher Education

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Ransomware’s New Frontier: How Universities Can Defend Against This Growing Threat

Increasingly sophisticated data breaches, exfiltration schemes and other unprecedented risks to higher education networks require updates to cybersecurity strategies and tools.

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Mastering Incident Response in Higher Education

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Balancing Physical Security and Privacy in Higher Education: A Practical Guide

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EDUCAUSE 2025: Make it Simple, Make it Scalable

Higher education institutions can design learning environments that evolve with student and faculty needs by emphasizing flexibility, scalability and inclusivity. All are essential to supporting both in-person and hybrid learning.
Higher Ed Strengthens Incident Response With AI and Practice

At EDUCAUSE 2025, CDW experts Jeff Falsetti and Pat Sullivan shared how higher education leaders can modernize security operations, use artificial intelligence-driven forensics and make tabletop services routine to build faster, smarter incident response strategies.
EDUCAUSE 2025: Inside the CIO Playbook – Trust, AI and Incident Response Readiness

University CIOs share practical approaches to incidence response planning in the face of cybersecurity threats that are growing in complexity and frequency.
EDUCAUSE 2025: From Cloud to AI: How Higher Ed Leaders Are Building Communities of Excellence

University IT leaders work together to share knowledge and draw on existing frameworks of established community-based organizations to address collective IT challenges in higher ed.
EDUCAUSE 2025: ‘Future-Embracing’ Higher Ed with AI

Despite uncertainties and challenges in the higher education space, university IT leaders are anchoring themselves in the shifting tides by using artificial intelligence and unified data to “future embrace” change.

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