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  • New University-Wide Contract: Full-Service Catering Services

    Christine Keough | September 19, 2025
    The Sourcing Team has awarded a new university-wide contract to 14 full-service catering suppliers after a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process. These contracts include pre-negotiated pricing and terms with trusted and qualified local providers and are now available for use across the university. Check out the full NewsLink post for additional details, a link to the detailed contract information, and the full supplier list.

  • September Reporting Updates

    Cristina Cardenas | September 19, 2025
    Several new reporting updates described in the full post are active beginning now through month-end. A new prompt "Exclude Worktags" has been added to the "Equity Balances by Balancing/Carry Forward Worktags - Monthly Trending" report. Coming Tuesday, September 23, a new column for the purchase order "Line Memo" will be added to the output of the "Find Purchase Order Details - OSU" report. Lastly, during the week of September 29, the HCM Supplier Approver step will be added to the output of the "Business Process Approval Times - Miscellaneous Payment Request Summary" report as well as the "Business Process Approval Times - Miscellaneous Payment Request Details" report.

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5 Available Now for all Users! 

    Beth Varcho | September 17, 2025
    Microsoft began rolling out GPT-5 in Copilot in early August. OpenAI’s GPT-5 is the newest generative AI model from OpenAI, that now operates within Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced system to date. This update brings enhanced capabilities for users regardless of their Microsoft 365 Copilot license, including improved reasoning, faster responses and better access to work...
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  • CarmenCanvas: YouTube Overlay Update

    Learning Systems | September 16, 2025
    Beginning September 22, YouTube videos embedded in your Canvas courses may begin to display ads. This is due to a change made by YouTube. In response, Instructure (the vendor for CarmenCanvas) will display an overlay message warning users that ads may appear. This message will appear before a video plays and must be clicked through by each user. If the YouTube content in your course is...

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