News & Alerts

Pitt Digital will update the University’s PittNet Wi-Fi security certificate at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, as part of our annual renewal to maintain wireless security. Wi-Fi services will remain uninterrupted during the renewal.

CAPTCHA checks — or pop-ups with a quick test to determine if the computer user is a robot — have become inescapable on the modern web. The FTC is warning that fraudsters are spreading fake CAPTCHA requests to take advantage of consumers. If you aren’t paying attention, criminals can quickly take control of your device.

The issue has been resolved. Sierra Cedar continues to monitor the environment closely, and any additional updates will be posted to status.pitt.edu.

During the past year, Pitt Digital has been working closely with Oracle Data Warehouse users to help them prepare for the migration to our Snowflake Data Warehouse, a modern, flexible platform for data, analytics, and AI. Access to the Oracle Data Warehouse will be disabled on Monday, June 15, and the Oracle Data Warehouse will be fully decommissioned on Wednesday, July 1.  

In response to customer feedback and to further enhance security, Pitt Digital is introducing two enhancements on June 10 that will make it simpler and more convenient to recover a forgotten password and log in.

This summer, you have a pretty good reason to fine-tune your remote work setup. Starting in July, PennDOT’s closure of I-376 Parkway East will route interstate traffic through Forbes and Fifth avenues.

Timely updates and reboots are essential to maintain the security and integrity of the University’s network. Please take note of the following updates and guidelines in three areas related to cybersecurity:1. Install New Microsoft Patches and RebootToday Microsoft released monthly security updates that affect a wide range of products. It is crucial to promptly identify and install these updates to protect your systems from vulnerabilities. Please adhere to the following installation timelines:

Monitoring confirms the issue has been fully resolved.

Summer is here, and with it — vacation season. When you’re deep in travel planning mode, returning to the office is probably the last thing on your mind. But while you’re away, your inbox isn't.

Pitt Digital is leading a major Network Modernization Initiative, installing nearly 4,000 new Wi-Fi access points across all non-residential Oakland campus buildings to eliminate coverage gaps and dropped connections. The project — described as the largest single deployment of wireless equipment since PittNet was established — involves comprehensive wireless signal surveys, infrastructure upgrades, and compatibility improvements to ensure seamless connectivity as users move throughout buildings.

Pitt Digital has worked with the vendor to resolve the issue. Full service has been restored. We continue to monitor the service closely to ensure continued reliability and stability. If you encounter any additional enterprise data storage issues, please report them to the Technology Help Desk.

What are Pitt students actually saying about AI? A faculty research team spent the spring of 2025 finding out — and Pitt Digital was proud to support their work.

Before surgeons perform knee replacements, they need to know exactly how the patient’s knee is aligned. That means manually placing markers on an X-ray of the patient’s full leg from hip to ankle and measuring the precise angles that will guide the procedure. It’s a task that must be done for every patient, takes roughly 15 minutes each time and must be completed by a surgeon whose time is among the most expensive in medicine.

Monitoring confirms the issue has been resolved.

The semester might be over, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop learning. Summer is a great time to brush up on the professional skills you may not have had the bandwidth to perfect during the school year. That’s where LinkedIn Learning comes in.

Pitt Digital partnered with the Department of Pathology's Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE) to secure a grant from Dell Technologies for new servers and data storage systems that will support AI-powered disease detection and diagnostics. The infrastructure will enable CPACE to analyze medical images and data at greater scale, advancing work in areas such as earlier cancer detection, faster clinical decision-making, and training the next generation of health care professionals to use AI responsibly.

Google reports that its engineering team has identified the issue and released a new version of the Gmail Android application to the Google Play Store, which contains a fix. Google advises those who are currently encountering this issue to upgrade to the latest version of the Gmail Android app. Users operating on the new app version will be able to successfully log in and sync their accounts.

Campus is a place to connect with professors, students, colleagues — and, of course, Wi-Fi. No matter where you are on campus, you’ll see laptops, tablets, and mobile devices all connected to the same network.

Monitoring confirms full resolution of the Power Forms access issue in DocuSign.

Timely updates and reboots are essential to maintain the security and integrity of the University’s network. Please take note of the following updates and guidelines in three areas related to cybersecurity:1. Install New Microsoft Patches and RebootToday Microsoft released monthly security updates that affect a wide range of products. It is crucial to promptly identify and install these updates to protect your systems from vulnerabilities. Please adhere to the following installation timelines:

Pitt Digital has worked with the vendor to fully resolve the issue and restore service. We continue to closely monitor the service to ensure continued stability and reliability.

Access to Canvas remains available. Pitt Digital continues to closely monitor the service and will post any additional updates to status.pitt.edu as needed.

Monitoring confirms the issue has been fully resolved.

You may know that Pitt is a top-rated research university, but did you know that all students, faculty, and staff have access to a high-powered research tool?

Pitt Digital is supporting the University's Digital Spring Cleaning Challenge, an initiative encouraging faculty and staff to delete unneeded files from OneDrive, SharePoint, and email to reduce Pitt's carbon footprint. Unneeded digital data is estimated to generate 5.8 million metric tons of CO₂ globally each year, and Pitt Digital has published step-by-step guides to help the campus community identify and remove large files from University storage platforms.