Update HDFS Directory Entry and Website Profile

The information presented in the directory (E-mail, position title, department, office location, phone number) are all pulled from the UT Directory.

Information on how to update/restrict your information on the UT-level directory can be found here.
If you need to change some of the information in your UT-Level directory entry, you can contact Human Resources.
Please keep your First and Last Name restricted to your official first and last name. If you use a nickname and/or go by your middle name you can select "Yes" on the "Use Nickname?" field under the Main tab of your profile and place your nickname.
You are free to upload any photo you wish to your directory entry, but please note that photo uploads for the directory must be < 8 Mb.
The other tabs for your profile will only show up if there is information populated into them. (i.e. "Publications" will display no information unless you have put in publications into your profile.

Directory Service Portal Instructions

Current faculty and staff can go to the CNS Directory Service portal and log in with your EID: directory.cns.utexas.edu. Once authenticated, you will be redirected to your directory profile entry.
Use the blue "Edit profile" button to view the form where you may add, modify, or delete information from your online directory entry. It is OK to ignore the "View on site" link.

3. Add to your profile: Profile additions are organized into four tabs. Required fields and tabs with required fields are marked with a red asterisk. You can switch between tabs with fields you've modified before saving without losing your changes.

4. All are encouraged to review and fill in:

Names and Titles, including photos: This section allows you to add a head shot photo (recommended photo size for web is no larger than about 1 MB, and a square. A head shot cropped to 2400 px by 2400 px works well). See more about directory photos below.

A title assigned to you in Workday (e.g., Professor) is already populated. If you have additional job titles (e.g., Biodiversity Center Director), ensure this is filled in "Additional Titles."

There is also a blank field called "Additional Information." If you have an honorary title (e.g., Smith Regents Chair, Distinguished Teaching Professor), mention it in this space. Many tenured and tenure-track faculty also choose to use "Additional Information" to mention if they are currently recruiting graduate students or postdocs. Limit text in this field. Staff are encouraged to leave this field blank.

Contact and Location: Add phone number, email address and other contact information you want to be publicly available on your directory page. You also can use this section to add office hours and to link to a professional website, such as a lab site, using the "link out button" section. Link text should be the website's name (e.g. "Zamudio Lab").

Especially for researchers and faculty:

The following tabs are useful for faculty and other researchers.

Academics: This section allows you to add a bio and degree/education information.

Research and Professional: Researchers can provide a brief (e.g., one-paragraph) description of their research here.

**Important** You will only be able to use pre-defined areas of research, fields of interest and centers and institutes, not select your own terms.

"Areas of Research" are summarized on this list of layperson-friendly terms used across the College of Natural Sciences.

"Fields of Interest" are determined at the department level when new websites are built for departments that have tenured/tenure-track faculty. Departments that currently have fields of interest in place are listed below, and you can select from these.
a) Department of Molecular Biosciences list of fields of interest are listed here.
b) Statistics and Data Science fields of interest are listed here .
c) Nutritional Sciences fields of interest are listed here.
d) Human Development and Family Sciences fields of interest are listed here.
e) Physics fields of interest are listed here.
f) Neuroscience fields of interest are listed here.

"Centers and Institutes" captures research centers, consortia and institutes at UT Austin. Find a list of centers and instituteshere.

Click the "Save" button to update your profile with your changes