Monthly Archives: April 2022

Michigan Medicine to replace MLearning, first step in developing new Talent Management platform

By | April 28, 2022
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Editor’s note: This project’s timeline has shifted from July to November 2022. Michigan Medicine Headlines has full details. This July, MLearning – the system Michigan Medicine faculty, staff, and students use to register for and complete many regular, required training activities – will be replaced. In conjunction with this change, the “MLearning” brand is being retired, and will… Read More »

Free virtual master class in IT disaster recovery

By | April 28, 2022
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The Michigan IT Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Practitioners welcomes two experts from the disaster recovery field. You’re invited to join them on May 10 and June 21 to learn more about IT disaster recovery. This is a great opportunity for professional development. May 10: Ray Holloman, Determining Recovery Order Ray Holloman, M.B.A., M.S., CBCP, CCRP, MBCI will… Read More »

Academic Innovation, Coursera to team up for 10 XR-enhanced courses

By | April 20, 2022
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Woman wearing VR/AR goggles, holding controllers.

The University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation and the online learning platform Coursera are partnering on ten new courses enhanced by extended reality technologies. In these new courses, learners will be able to develop skills critical to the future of work and society and leverage XR technology to provide a level of immersion only possible in virtual,… Read More »

Catching up on The Feeling of Being Watched

By | April 20, 2022
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An ad for the panel discussion showing headshots for Assia Boundaoui, Lynette Clemetson, Roya Ensafi, Tanisha Afnan

On the day the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of the first Black female justice to the United States Supreme Court, four women of color engaged in an illuminating conversation about government surveillance. The conversation was part of an event, sponsored by Dissonance, Information and Technology Services (ITS), and Wallace House, that invited the U-M community to watch… Read More »

Message from the VPIT-CIO

By | April 7, 2022
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Ravi Pendse

I am looking forward to this year’s Hacks with Friends event on June 2-3. The event will have in-person and virtual options, so everyone can participate in the way they are most comfortable. I am eager to see the creative and fun energy that inevitably results when we pull together our talented and inspiring community.

U-M moves exclusively to slacks

By | April 1, 2022
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Four sets of human legs, all wearing pants. Two are wearing jeans and two are wearing khaki-colored pants. There are green check marks by the khaki pants and red exes by the jeans.

The Michigan IT Steerage Committee is happy to announce that the university has signed an enterprise licensing agreement to use slacks. Effective April 1, 2023, only khaki slacks will be allowed for all faculty and staff on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine campuses. Dresses, jeans, kilts, shorts, skirts, and swimsuits will no longer be considered… Read More »