The goal to “improve the way we serve the U-M campus by providing proactive, laser-focused customer service” truly boils down to working with our customers to understand and help achieve their goals, and to tackle projects and problems with their needs in mind.
Kevin Fu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded the inaugural IEEE Security and Privacy Test of Time Award.
Amanda Sedlik, MSHI, BSN, RN became the new senior director for Clinical & Operational Applications in May. The previous interim senior director, Carleen Penoza, was recently named Michigan Medicine’s Chief Informatics Nursing Officer. Amanda is a registered nurse with vast experience in electronic medical record (EMR) go-lives, readiness, and optimization at hospitals and health systems across the country. She most… Read More »
Florian Schaub, School of Information, says the larger issue of data collection still needs to be addressed.
My Learning Analytics helps students glean insights on their academic performance and make self-driven behavior changes.
Sage provides tailored resources to students who completed the national Healthy Minds survey.
Mark your calendars for the Michigan IT Symposium November 25-26, 2019. This annual event focuses on creating connections between Michigan IT community members while showcasing the innovation occurring across all U-M campuses. The co-chairs for this year’s event are Andrea Bolash, Director of Institutional Research for the College of Engineering and Michael Warden Senior Director, HITS Service Management.… Read More »
A new ITS webpage outlines progress to make its workplace more diverse, inclusive, and equitable: Over 450 DEI course completions by 276 staff, a new set of Guiding Principles for Accessibility, and more.
Oracle now requires a paid subscription to Java Standard Edition (SE) to receive all updates and security patches.
Flint Information Technology Services, in coordination with an AV consultant from the project architectural firm Harley Ellis Devereaux, is pleased to announce plans to incorporate new, interactive technologies into the new wing of the Murchie Science Building. The additions will enable active learning in classrooms and support group collaboration in work breakout areas. Previous classroom technology models on… Read More »
There’s a great deal of talk these days about “digital addiction.” But several experts from U-M say we should teach kids to think of screens as something to handle in moderation rather than something without any healthy place in our lives. Ellen Selkie, an assistant professor of adolescent medicine, who does research on adolescents’ use of social media,… Read More »
Michigan IT News recently interviewed Health Information Technology and Services staffer Mahathy Kuchibhatla, M.S., about her work building and managing the Patient Portal (MyUofMHealth.org). An undergraduate project that used Artificial Intelligence got her interested in computers that has led to a 10-year career in IT that improves patient engagement. Tell us about your background. I have a master’s… Read More »
Information & Technology Services has been working to update and simplify the fee structure for its Microsoft Premier Support Licensing Partnership with U-M campus units. Analysis of past billings show that ITS uses, on average, 75% of the current contract services. To simplify billing and account for the virtualization of many Windows servers, the new process for calculating… Read More »
Register today for the 2019 MiVideo Summit on June 21 and discover what’s possible to do with MiVideo, U-M’s cloud-based media streaming and content management service, powered by Kaltura. Learn how faculty, staff and students across U-M use MiVideo natively or integrated within Canvas and Blackboard (UM-Flint), to create, organize, catalog, share, search, and publish multimedia content. Now… Read More »
Join the BRCF for a Genomics Showcase to explore the rapidly evolving technologies, applications, and platforms available in the genomics space, including single cell analysis, ATAQ-Seq, epigenetics, high-throughput sequencing applications, and more. Thursday, June 13, 2019Palmer Commons, 4th FloorSpeaking sessions: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Lunch and information tables open at 11:30 a.m. The Showcase will explore multiple topics,… Read More »
Your profile Your MCommunity profile shows only information related to your U-M affiliation. For U-M staff members, publicly viewable information includes: name, uniqname, email address, U-M affiliation, title, and U-M work phone number and address. You can choose privacy settings for additional information about yourself, such as your notice or description. You can choose whether the additional information… Read More »
The University of Michigan, Indiana University, and the University of Iowa have announced an initiative to coordinate on a joint pilot of the My Learning Analytics (MyLA) tools that have been developed at U-M and leverage the new Unizin Data Platform. MyLA is a set of visualizations designed to promote metacognition, facilitate self-regulated learning, and provide students deeper… Read More »
You put U-M systems and data at risk if you use your UMICH (Level-1) password for non-university services. If you use your UMICH email address and password to establish a personal account (for example, at LinkedIn), and that information is exposed in a data breach, your UMICH account is now at risk. If you have used your UMICH… Read More »
Michigan Medicine employees can expect to receive simulated phishing emails from the Information Assurance department throughout the months of May and June.
Computer science professor Brahim Medjahed is the first from UM-Dearborn to receive the Michigan Association of State Universities’ Distinguished Professor of the Year award.