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Identified - Northwestern Information Technology has identified a service interruption for wired, wireless, and telephone services on the nineteenth floor of 345 E Superior. A technician has been dispatched to resolve the issue and restore service.
The next update will be provided by 9:00 CDT on Monday.
Aug 16, 2026 - 13:16 CDT
Update - Northwestern Information Technology has resolved the delivery issues affecting gmail.com recipients from Northwestern faculty, staff, and students. However, alumni forwarding accounts that forward mail to gmail.com continue to experience delivery disruptions.
Jul 02, 2026 - 10:20 CDT
Update - Northwestern Information Technology continues to work on this issue. We are not currently seeing issues with messages from the Northwestern community to gmail.com addresses. However, forwarding accounts are seeing intermittent delivery failures.
Next update will be on Thursday, July 2nd at 10:00 CDT.
Jul 01, 2026 - 11:01 CDT
Update - We continue to work on this issue. We are not currently seeing issues with messages from the Northwestern community to gmail.com addresses. However, forwarding accounts are seeing intermittent delivery failures.
Next update will be on Wednesday, Jul 1, 2026 - 10:00 CDT
Jun 30, 2026 - 09:48 CDT
Update - We continue to work on this issue. We are not currently seeing issues with messages from the Northwestern community to gmail.com addresses. However, forwarding accounts are seeing intermittent delivery failures.
Next update will be on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 - 10:00 CDT
Jun 29, 2026 - 09:15 CDT
Update - Northwestern Information Technology continues to work on the issue and is investigating additional options for resolution.
Next update will be on Monday, June 29, 2026 at 10:00 CDT.
Jun 26, 2026 - 10:01 CDT
Monitoring - Northwestern University IT has implemented a workaround for Northwestern community email outbound to consumer Gmail accounts. However, accounts that forward to @gmail.com addresses are still impacted.
The next update will be on June 26, 2026 at 10:00 CDT.
Jun 25, 2026 - 19:15 CDT
Update - Northwestern Information Technology continues to work on the issue and is investigating additional options for resolution.
Jun 25, 2026 - 10:39 CDT
Update - We are continuing to investigate this issue and have taken steps in an attempt to mitigate the impact.
Next update will be on June 25, 2026 at 10 CDT.
Jun 24, 2026 - 18:12 CDT
Investigating - We are currently investigating an issue causing significant delays in email delivery to consumer Gmail accounts, including messages from forwarding accounts. Messages sent to Gmail recipients may take substantially longer than expected to arrive. Northwestern IT is working to resolve the issue and will provide updates here as more information becomes available.
Jun 24, 2026 - 10:23 CDT
Welcome to Northwestern's Status of University IT Services page. Here, you can review up-to-date information about technology systems and services, locate scheduled maintenance details, and track any service interruptions and outages impacting the University community.
To report an issue with a Northwestern service, please contact the IT Service Desk at 847-491-4357 (1-HELP).
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Administrative and Business
Operational
CAESAR (Student Information Systems)
Operational
Cognos Self-Service Reporting and Data Visualization (Reporting and Analytics)
Operational
ConnectNU (Student Information Systems)
Operational
Data Warehouse Services (Reporting and Analytics)
Operational
ECATS (Student Information Systems)
Operational
Facilities Connect (Facilities)
Operational
Faculty Recruitment System (Human Resources Systems)
Operational
Grad Student Tracking System (Student Information Systems)
Operational
iBuyNU (Finance and Procurement Systems)
Operational
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance to components in the University telephone system that provide off campus voice connectivity. The purpose of the maintenance is to upgrade to a newer hardware platform version.
There will be a three to five minute outage when the migration begins. Active calls will be dropped and no new calls can be generated during this phase. Additionally, there will be two brief one to two minute service interruptions during this maintenance window that will only impact establishing new calls. Active calls during these will not be impacted. Posted on
Aug 10, 2026 - 17:04 CDT
Northwestern Information Technology has been notified of scheduled maintenance to one of our Internet Service Providers (ISP). During this maintenance window, affected traffic will be routed through alternate ISPs. No service interruption is expected. Posted on
Aug 06, 2026 - 11:08 CDT
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on network infrastructure at the location listed in the title. This work is to increase the bandwidth capacity of the network equipment. Network connectivity including VoIP phone, wireless, and wired services will be affected for about 1-2 minutes as each device is upgraded. Posted on
Aug 14, 2026 - 10:42 CDT
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved and service has been restored for Cognos Self-Service Reporting and Data Visualization.
Aug 16, 09:28 CDT
Investigating -
Northwestern Information Technology is investigating an issue causing a service interruption for Cognos Self-Service Reporting and Data Visualization.
Support staff are working to restore service as quickly as possible.
The next update will be provided by 10:00 CDT.
Aug 16, 08:34 CDT
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 15, 12:00 CDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 15, 04:00 CDT
Scheduled -
Please note the schedule for CAESAR downtime.
CAESAR will be unavailable on Saturday, August 15, from 4 AM to 12 PM CDT while we apply the 2026 July CPU and security updates, PUM 38 Financial Aid Selective, PRP 1, PRP 2, POC 1, POC 2 updates to Production environment.
During the downtime window, CS862QA and CS862SUP will be available for any reporting issues.
Aug 10, 10:03 CDT
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Aug 14, 10:36 CDT
Monitoring -
The vendor has resolved the issue and services have been restored to normal operation. The vendor will continue monitoring the environment.
Next update will be provided once it's available
Aug 13, 17:35 CDT
Investigating -
The vendor Workforce Software (WFS) has notified us of Performance Degradation that may cause slowness, elevated response times, login delays, or inability to access the system
Next update will be provided once it's available
Aug 13, 15:36 CDT
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 11, 08:30 CDT
Update -
Scheduled maintenance has been extended to 8am. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 11, 07:25 CDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance has been extended to 8am. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 11, 08:00 CDT
Scheduled -
Northwestern IT will be working with our vendor to upgrade hardware on the Two-Way Radio System. During this maintenance window there will be a brief service interruption of approximately 1 hour at 6:30AM. All users will see “Out of Range" on their radios and there will be no service on either campus. The only exception is limited radio to radio communication for UP CSOs, Facilities, and TNS who will be able to use secondary zone channel 4 for a talk around which is programmed into the radios. Facilities Dispatch stations will not function. NUPD Dispatch stations will see Starcom and Cook County resources but not the Northwestern radio network.
Aug 3, 16:23 CDT
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 8, 15:00 CDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 8, 07:01 CDT
Scheduled -
In order to receive a high level of support from Oracle for NUFinancials and avoid any security vulnerabilities, it is vital that we upgrade NUFinancials from PeopleTools 8.62.10 to PeopleTools 8.62.11.
This maintenance necessitates system downtime, during which NUFinancials will be unavailable. We anticipate the maintenance will extend until 3pm at the latest.
Jul 27, 08:48 CDT
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 8, 12:54 CDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 8, 07:00 CDT
Scheduled -
The myHR system will undergo scheduled maintenance in order to apply Oracle’s quarterly critical security patch. The maintenance necessitates system downtime, meaning myHR, including Self Service and Careers, will be unavailable beginning Saturday, August 8th, at 7 a.m. through approximately 3 p.m. What This Means • Functionality — The system components and capabilities you currently enjoy on myHR will continue to function after the upgrade as they do now. Your user experience will be unchanged. Before logging into myHR after the patch, users will need to clear their cache. • Data Availability — During the downtime, data lookup will remain available to administrators in the myHR reporting database. All reports will remain accessible in Cognos and myHR reporting queries.
Jul 27, 16:15 CDT
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 5, 12:00 CDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 5, 08:25 CDT
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology has been informed by Facilities Management of power work at 636 Emerson. Network connectivity including VoIP phone, wireless, and wired services, will be affected for the given time frame until power is restored to the building.
Aug 5, 08:23 CDT
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Aug 4, 22:24 CDT
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Aug 4, 19:00 CDT
Scheduled -
Northwestern Information Technology will be performing maintenance on the University Telephone Platform to install new SSL/TLS certificates. No service impact is expected.
Jul 24, 14:32 CDT