The institution hired as its new chief information officer Tanya Acevedo, who's held technology leadership roles in local government and, most recently, the Houston airport system.

Instead of clamming up, institutions should collaborate and share information to ease the burden ever-increasing cyberthreats, speakers said during a panel.

Furman University's Anthony Herrera plans to focus on coming up with new approaches to university problems like declining enrollment or budget concerns in his role as the university's first chief innovation officer.

University of Rochester Deputy Chief Information Officer Julie Myers was named the university's new CIO.

DeVry University CIO Chris Campbell said the pandemic put higher education IT leaders "in the conversation" when problems are being solved.

In February, University of California, Santa Barbara Chief Information Officer Matthew Hall will become UCF's new technology leader.

University provosts and CIOs have found their existing relationships improved pandemic response, and they predicted CIOs' roles will continue to grow.

Donald Welch, who has served as the university's interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer, will take over the position permanently next month.

CIO Loretta Early stepped down as dozens of technology staff are being laid off as part of George Washington University's IT consolidation initiative.