The MTech Connect planning team is excited to announce the theme for the 2026 event will be Innovation for the Public Good! Our planning team is already hard at work to make this event bigger and better than before. Below you will see the high level schedule for the event. October 20, 2026 at the Central Campus Classroom… Read More »
This May, ITS Digital Accessibility is highlighting training and resources to help you create accessible math and STEM materials. The focus this month is on making sure technical content — like equations, formulas, and data — is usable by everyone, every time. Whether you are preparing materials for teaching, research, or communications, these resources are here to support… Read More »
At the April 16 Summit “Everything That Is Wrong About AI: A Critical Look at Challenges & Opportunities,” co-hosted by ITS and the Provost’s Office, the U‑M community examined AI’s risks and benefits, and how the university could help lead and shape AI adoption.
This month’s tip is an uninterruptible power supply, a battery that, in the event of a power outage, will continue to provide power to your PC (or anything that’s plugged into it) long enough to save your work and shut down safely.
EXPERT Q&A How do we solve complex global problems when our traditional models can’t keep up with reality? In their latest work, Scott Page, professor of management and operations at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and Jacob Taylor of the Brookings Institution, argue artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool to be used after a meeting—it is a… Read More »
MTech is looking for folks from across U-M (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine) to volunteer. Please join us in making a difference. Sign up by completing the MTech Volunteer Form.
A new DPE320: HIPAA and Protected Health Information course is available for faculty and staff who may interact with Protected Health Information (PHI) as part of their normal job activities.
Across healthcare administration, a quiet inefficiency persists. Critical decisions about provider schedules, workforce planning, and clinical coverage get made from spreadsheets, manual exports, and institutional memory — not because the data doesn’t exist, but because no one has built a bridge between raw data and the people who need to act on it. At the University of Michigan’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Allergy, that bridge is now being built from the inside out.
For many, the Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry brings to mind rows of artifacts behind glass with small printed labels. That version of the museum still exists, but it’s no longer the whole story. Today, the space uses tech to create a more intentional and interactive experience for curious visitors. A layered experience, not just a display Tamara Barnes,… Read More »
This month’s tip is Calibre. It is a free, open‑source e‑book manager that lets you organize, convert, and sync your digital library across nearly any e‑reader or device, all from a single, highly customizable interface. It can download and edit metadata, convert between dozens of formats, serve as a built‑in e‑book viewer, and even fetch news and magazines… Read More »
Spring brings brightly colored tulips, buds on the trees, and job offer scams targeting students.
Brought together at U-M in the early 1960s, Rackham alumni Jim Thatcher and Jesse Wright went on to create IBM’s first screen readers for blind and low-vision computer users. Over six decades later, a Rackham alum and his faculty mentors are preparing the next leap in accessible computing.
It took a community to bring Professor Matthew Solomon’s vision for 3-D to life.
The ITS Data Science Practice team is hosting two Business Objects training sessions on March 10, 2026.
Now that the Okta experience for sign-in and MFA is live, go passwordless by setting up Okta FastPass on your computer!
Beginning in March 2026, new global standards from the Certificate Authority/Browser Forum will gradually reduce the lifespan of TLS/SSL digital certificates, critical tools for authenticating websites and securing data communication. By March 2029, certificates will last only 47 days – down from today’s 398.
This month’s tip is PiccyBot, an AI app that provides spoken descriptions of photos and videos, helping blind and low-vision users gain greater independence.
Sign in with Okta by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24 to be eligible to receive a $50 gift card to the U-M Tech Shop!
Michigan Medicine’s Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) apprenticeship program earns state-level recognition.
The 2026 Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Visualization Championship is underway, and the Michigan Technology Community has a chance to help U-M secure victory! This year, U-M is proudly represented by Matthew Pickus (Information and Technology Services), JoLynn Montgomery (School of Public Health), and Avril Yu (LSA undergraduate). They’re up against talented data storytellers from other Big Ten… Read More »