Meet the new WashU IT website. New Look. Same Trusted IT. Better Experience.

The redesigned WashU IT website is here! Explore a cleaner, easier-to-navigate experience with improved service pages, streamlined navigation, and quicker access to the technology resources you need. Visit it.washu.edu

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.


Empower Your Workflow

The THPC (Traditional High-Performance Computing) Application platform provides access to hundreds of applications via the “module” interface typically used in the HPC cluster to access application libraries.  This utility is now accessible from OOD via the RIS Desktop Application or command line. Background: THPC is a scalable, sustainable, and flexible environment for RIS to install, configure, test, and deploy applications using common package installers like EasyBuild […]

Expanding the power for research

We are excited to announce the expansion of our computing capabilities to meet the increasing demand for research resources at WashU. This April, we added 40 A100 GPUs and 1,000 CPU cores to our existing cluster. Why it matters:  Researchers at WashU will have access to more GPUs and CPUs on the Scientific Compute Platform to accommodate more […]

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protocols.io: Tips and Tricks

September 14, 2026
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm