More than 1,000 of the University of Michigan websites are protected with U-M Cloudflare, a significant milestone for the project implementation team. Cloudflare provides a critical security capability to protect university websites, web applications, and DNS (Domain Name System) servers from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and break-in or takeover attempts. Work continues to get more sites… Read More »
ITS is excited to announce a new round of MiMaizey enhancements designed to offer more efficient assistance, including advanced web search capabilities and a deeper awareness of University of Michigan resources.
The University of Michigan Herbarium is home to some of the finest botanical collections in the world. Founded in 1837 and growing ever since, their 1.7 million specimens of vascular plants, algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens, combined with the expertise of the faculty-curators, students, and staff, provide a world-class facility for teaching and research in systematic biology and… Read More »
There are new faces at the Big House this season and ever-growing demands on cellular networks during football games as the season kicks off. Now in its second year, a multi-year effort is underway to provide massive capacity cellular networks at Michigan Stadium – for the 5G era and beyond.
Earlier this fall, the Emerging Technology team within ITS released several improvements and new features for our custom generative AI tool, Maizey. As the academic year unfolds, these features will help faculty, staff, and students to streamline workflows, create and interact with custom AI tutors, and more.
MiDesktop, the university’s virtual desktop infrastructure, is stepping into the spotlight this academic year. While it has been an effective institutional asset for some time, the service is now being promoted directly to faculty, researchers, and staff. For those unfamiliar with MiDesktop, the service allows users to remotely access a pool of virtual desktops with their group’s specialized… Read More »
Starting Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 12 p.m., Duo two-factor authentication push notifications will require university community members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses to enter a three-digit code when they access U-M Weblogin. Michigan Medicine transitioned to the change on August 9. The enhancement, which impacts faculty, staff, students, alumni, and sponsored affiliates, is designed… Read More »
The Resource Management Portal (RMP), an interface for those using Advanced Research Computing (ARC) services, has been completed after several years of contributions by folks from several ITS teams.
The University of Michigan is upgrading its network infrastructure by replacing the Border Interconnect Network (BIN) on the Ann Arbor campus, including Michigan Medicine. The project, running from February to late 2024, aims to improve internet speeds and data sharing, with no additional cost to schools. The new system will meet the university’s needs for 6-8 years.
Over the past several years, LSA Technology Services (LSA TS) has had to be nimble and spin up new services that could perhaps be better accommodated and scaled centrally. In late 2022, LSA TS opened discussions with Information and Technology Services (ITS) about migrating the LSA TS-managed load balancing services to ITS-managed hardware. Load balancing refers to efficiently… Read More »
My UM-Flint, the central digital hub for authenticated campus resources at the University of Michigan-Flint, now offers increased functionality and customization.
Michigan Housing adopts StarRez as the new occupancy management system.
Information and Technology Services (ITS) has been diligently working to improve web hosting services at U-M. As part of this effort, important updates regarding new Drupal and WordPress websites and compromised AFS websites have been made. Beginning June 30, 2024: After June 30, 2024, NEW Drupal/WordPress websites must be hosted on Pantheon at U-M or a different web… Read More »
Our lunar base at Wolverine Crater was completed on April 1, 2024. This state-of-the art facility is the home of the Michigan Information Technology to Enable Networking in Space (MITTENS) team that deployed MUniverse, the first academic WiFi network in space, for our students, faculty, and staff to take remote learning and working to a whole new level.
The Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA is utilizing Maizey to provide increased access to advising services for students.
The leadership team from Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services (SAAS) approached Student Life Technology Solutions (SLTS) with the challenge of modernizing a primarily paper-based set of workflows and associated record-keeping.
The University of Michigan’s Teaching and Technology Collaborative has published a book guide (U-M login required) to help instructors incorporate ChatGPT assignments into their classrooms. The book guide, hosted on Academic Technology@Michigan, is based on the book 60+ ChatGPT Assignments to Use in Your Classroom Today (Yee et al., 2023). The guide provides an abbreviated introduction to using… Read More »
Pantheon at U-M, a new, better service for units to use for WordPress and Drupal web hosting, is now available.
LSA has changed hosting providers for the college’s WordPress websites, a service at no cost to the LSA community. They will now use Pantheon as its web platform, which will bring “improved service, support, and security to these sites,” says Cathy Curley, Chief Information Officer. LSA websites enable faculty and U-M staff to easily promote and share scholarship,… Read More »
ITS maintains licenses for screen reader and magnification software as part of their provision of assistive technology to U-M faculty, staff, and students. The U-M community can now use ITS’s license to access JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion on their U-M-owned and personal Windows computers in addition to public Sites computers.