Author Archives: Annaliese Gottschalk, ITS Communications
The University of Michigan is committed to making certain that all of the institution’s websites are safe, secure, and protected. Website owners are encouraged to upgrade their websites hosted on the ITS Web Hosting Virtual Host Service.
Atlassian offers a number of popular software titles, many of which are used in ITS and at U-M. Learn how U-M Information and Technology Services has partnered with Atlassian to make signing on to their products with a UMICH email easier and safer.
The University of Michigan is the first university in the nation to offer WiFi 6E to students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors on the Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses. Learn how the WiFi Upgrade Project team replaced more than 16,000 wireless access points (APs) in over 225 indoor and outdoor locations despite a global chip shortage and supply chain disruptions.
The WiFi Upgrade Project is nearing completion plus the latest completed buildings on the Ann Arbor campus, including the residence halls.
The U-M Software Directory, supported by ITS in partnership with LSA and OUD, is accepting new unit partners! Learn about the directory and how your unit’s software can be searchable by the entire U-M community across all three campuses and Michigan Medicine.
The WiFi Upgrade Project continues! Nearly 100% of LSA buildings are complete and remaining residence halls are being updated, plus the latest completed buildings on the Ann Arbor campus
The WiFi Upgrade project continues: UM-Dearborn campus is nearly complete plus find out when LSA and remaining residence halls will be updated.
The WiFi upgrade project has reached the mid-point. Learn which buildings have been completed, where to find the schedule of building upgrades, and what to expect when your building is upgraded.
U-M will be a beta site for Morphic, a new system that makes technology significantly more usable for individuals with disabilities and others who have difficulty using standard digital setups. Morphic is now available on all Campus Computing Sites computers on the UM-Ann Arbor campus. Learn about how Morphic came to U-M, the benefits of Morphic, and how you can provide your feedback on new features as they are developed.
The U-M Software Directory, supported by ITS in partnership with LSA and OUD, aims to be a central library of software titles and packages available to university community members across all three academic campuses and Michigan Medicine.
U-M Google classic Sites is going away soon. If you have any sites you’d like to keep, convert them to new Google Sites as soon as possible! Learn more.
Security at University of Michigan IT (SUMIT) 2020, ITS’s free annual event hosted during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, goes online for SUMIT Reimagined. This series of informational events where members of the U‑M community can get help from IT experts on a variety of topics is entirely virtual this year. Check out a few of the events below and see… Read More »
ITS has worked over the past few months to improve the universitywide API Directory by expanding access to U-M students.
Every summer ITS offers a 14-week internship program to students. The ITS Internship Program offers paid, full-time positions to students looking for an opportunity to gain valuable experience while making connections in the professional field they are considering for a career. Applications for the 2020 ITS Internship Program are now open. If you know students who might be… Read More »
Attend the ITS Intern Showcase at the Michigan League on August 9 to learn from ITS’s 47 interns, fellows, and academy interns.
The Voices of the Staff Career Development Fund is now accepting grant applications. This fund aims to support you in enhancing your professional experience at the university by offering grants of up to $1,000 to fund career development and learning and educational enrichment. Grants are available to support your participation in seminars, workshops, apprenticeships, continuing education, and professional… Read More »
The Network and Data Center (DC) teams recently partnered to perform a power validation for the network devices at the Michigan Academic Computing Center (MACC). The focus of the effort was to conduct a field audit to evaluate the current state of the network device power, identify areas of improvement, and make recommendations for future changes. This validation… Read More »
Michigan IT News recently interviewed Marissa Taylor about her work for the Center for Education Outreach (CEO) within the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Taylor, now a program manager of communication and technology at the CEO, began her career in IT three years ago when she was a graduate student at the U-M School of Information… Read More »
IT leaders from U-M and peer academic research universities from the Midwest spent a day of learning and networking at the Michigan League. The Office of the Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer partnered with Gartner, Inc. to host the Great Lakes IT Leadership Forum on Thursday, September 20, 2018. Ravi Pendse, vice president for IT… Read More »
The U-M Tableau Symposium hosted by the Information Quest team on August 27 was a great success. Tableau representatives opened the symposium with some background on how Tableau got started and delved into a few example cases which highlighted the ways U-M, and more specifically Michigan Medicine, can leverage the platform’s capabilities. The keynote speaker gave a brief… Read More »