Software Application

Version

PC

Mac

CrowdStrike

Antivirus and endpoint protect solution used across all UChicago.

x

x

CrashPlan

Backup software for local machine to protect data that may not be saved to Box or fileserver. This backup service needs to be configured and started by the User. Please contact BSDIS if assistance is needed.

x

x

Jamf

Endpoint management solution allowing for managed software deployments and self-service catalog.

x

BigFix

Endpoint management solution allowing for managed software deployments and self-service catalog.

x

x

Office 365 (Outlook & Teams)

Office suite for productivity

x

x

Zoom

Standard web conferencing solution for UChicago

x

x

Box

HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based file storage and sharing 

x

x

Cisco AnyConnect

VPN Client for connecting to university systems from off campus

x

x

Citrix

Accessing some Hospital and server hosted applications, including Epic 

x

x

Firefox

Web browser

x

x

Chrome

Web browser

x

x

Phish Alarm

Add-in for Outlook to report Phishing emails.

x

x

Adobe Acrobat Reader

For reading and completing PDF files

x

x

Software Application

Description

Eligibility

Autodesk

Design and Engineering software; Autocad, Inventor, Maya, and others.

Purchase not required. Create AutoDesk account, using your @uchicago.edu email address

All current faculty, students, and staff.

Box

Box is a cloud-based storage service that provides unlimited free, online space for storing or sharing files.

BSD users with questions about using UChicago Box should email security@bsd.uchicago.edu.

All current faculty, students, and staff are eligible, including faculty and staff in the Biological Sciences Division (BSD). 

Mathematica

Statistics and visualization software 

Current faculty, students, and staff 

No purchase is required. Get Mathematica

Microsoft Office

Desktop Bundle (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)

To access the Microsoft 365 suite, visit https://portal.office.com and log in with your CNetID and password.

At no cost, you may install Microsoft 365 on computers owned by the University, or UChicago Medicine, and on work-at-home computers.

Microsoft Visio and Project

Faculty and staff can access the web version for free from the  Microsoft 365 portal.

To access the Microsoft 365 suite, visit  https://portal.office.com and log in with your CNetID and password.

University-owned computers, Current faculty, student, and staff

Additional Microsoft applications

Microsoft 365 collaboration suite includes these additional applications: Planner, SharePoint, To-do, Forms, Yammer, PowerApps, etc. 

All current faculty, students, and staff.

Overleaf LaTeX Editor

Overleaf is a collaborative cloud-based LaTeX editor used for writing, editing, and publishing scientific documents. It partners with a wide range of scientific publishers to provide official journal LaTeX templates and direct submission links.

Overleaf Professional features include real-time track changes, unlimited collaborators, and full document history.

The University of Chicago is providing Overleaf Professional features for all students, faculty and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects.

Qualtrics

Qualtrics is a cloud-based survey platform.

The University of Chicago currently offers access to Qualtrics to users with a current CNetID or UCHADID for no charge.

REDCap

REDCap is a secure, web-based solution that is designed to support data collection strategies for research studies. Its free use is offered by the Center for Research Informatics (CRI). 

If you need further help at this point, email REDCap Support at redcap@rt.cri.uchicago.edu to set up a working session with the CRI’s REDCap Administrator.

You can then log in to REDCap with either your BSDAD or UCHAD account and explore the Help&FAQ page for additional help within the application itself.

Think-cell                   

Microsoft 365 Add-in

All faculty, students, and staff. Purchase is not required. Download directly at Academic Page.

Zoom

Zoom is the University of Chicago's audio, web, and video conferencing platform.

Zoom is offered to faculty, students, and staff as an innovative conferencing solution to bring participants from different locations together.

Software Application

Description

Eligibility

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Perpetual Acrobat Pro and Captivate licenses can be purchased on BuySite using the punch-out to GovConnection. You will download the software directly from Adobe.

University-owned computers, Current faculty, student, and staff

Biorender

BioRender is ideal for creating schematics, graphical abstracts, and figures to help you communicate your research to reviewers, colleagues, and the public.

University-owned computers, Current faculty, student, and staff

Endnote

Manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. 

University-owned computers, Current faculty, student, and staff

GraphPad Prism

Basic biostatistics, curve fitting, and scientific graphing 

University-owned computers, Current faculty, student, and staff 

Origin lab

Data analysis and graphing software (works on Intel-based Macs)

Faculty and staff (University-owned and individually owned equipment)

MATLAB

Technical computing software for engineers and scientists in government, industry, and education. 

University-owned computers and computational clusters. This is an annual subscription.

Microsoft Visio and Project 

For desktop versions, Visio and Project licenses are available for purchase in BuySite.

Faculty and staff (University-owned and individually owned equipment)

Minitab

Statistical and process management software 

Faculty and staff (University-owned and individually owned equipment)

NVivo

Analyzes data using search, query, and visualization tools

Faculty, students, and staff (individually owned or University-owned equipment) 

SAS

Business analytic software

University-owned equipment or machines owned by faculty and staff. 

SPSS

Analytical software, from planning to data collection to analysis, reporting, and deployment

Current Faculty and staff (University-owned, medical campus-owned, or individually owned computers)

Stata

Statistics and visualization software 

Faculty, students, and staff (University-owned, medical campus-owned, or individually owned equipment)