Coming June 15: A Better WashU IT Website Experience

On June 15, WashU IT is launching a refreshed website designed with the university community in mind.

The updated site makes it easier to find what you need, get support faster, and navigate with more confidence.

Learn what’s changing, what’s staying the same, and how to prepare.

WashU IT Research Infrastructure Services’ mission is to facilitate the discovery of knowledge and enhance educational opportunities by providing secure, sustainable, scalable, and integrated research technology services in a collaborative and diverse environment.

Why RIS? – Researchers at WashU are encouraged to use RIS to streamline their work, boost performance, ensure data security, and foster collaboration with ease, all while focusing on groundbreaking discoveries and quality research. Explore the full benefits of using RIS.


Your future in high-performance computing

After nine months of gathering requirements and executing RFPs, Dell Technologies was selected as the new Scientific Compute Operational Platform Expansion (SCOPE) vendor. With additional hardware and software components from Nvidia and Vast, this expansion will upgrade, update, and expand the high-performance compute platform RIS maintains. By the numbers: 

Globus Third-Party Cloud-Hosted Collections are Available

Researchers can now request the use of Globus third-party hosted collections (cloud connectors), which provide a uniform interface for accessing, moving, and sharing data across cloud storage services such as Box and Amazon S3. Why it matters: Globus third-party cloud-hosted collections enable secure, efficient, and scalable data transfers, sharing, and managing cloud-stored data. This makes it easier […]

8
Jun

protocols.io: Tips and Tricks

June 8, 2026
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
10
Jun

Introduction to Open OnDemand

June 10, 2026
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
17
Jun

Introduction to Command Line

June 17, 2026
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
24
Jun

Beyond the Basics: Unlocking RIS

June 24, 2026
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm