ITS Staff setting up new classroom technology

Enhancing IT infrastructure, classroom technology, and data access

Projects included network upgrades, a new data hub, and technology upgrades to 64 classrooms

$ 70,000 +

investment to improve cooling system for high-performance computing workloads

Enterprise Infrastructure and Research Services improved cooling for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads by adding barriers to direct hot air away from equipment. This enhancement allows better cooling and supports various increasing demands.

2.2 million

page views on the ITS website in 2024, making it one of the most high-traffic sites at the University of Iowa.

The ITS site and the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology site were migrated to the latest version of the Drupal content-management system in 2024.

5,172

fiber strands terminated

New or enhanced fiber optic cables were deployed, strengthening the backbone of the entire campus network.

400

Linux servers migrated from CentOS7 to Ubuntu or Rocky Linux

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Technology Services team started spent hundreds of hours migrating each user’s application to a new operating system over a two-year period.

64

UI classrooms received technology improvements

Over the summer of 2024, classrooms across campus  received  new height-adjustable teaching stations, touch screen computers, second monitors, and new A/V electronics.