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A Celebration of the Communities of Practice
You’re invited to a special event dedicated to celebrating the positive impact of Community of Practice (CoP) groups on our staff and organization.
Campus News, Safe Computing, Top Stories
AI Summit Explores Challenges and Opportunities for “Leaders and Best”
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.
Events, Safe Computing, Top Stories
Privacy@Michigan Unveiling the Panopticon: 2026 Events Recap
The 2026 Privacy@Michigan event series, co-sponsored by the ITS Privacy Office and the School of Information, ran from Data Privacy Day on January 28 through late March. The event series explored timely and far-reaching topics related to privacy from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
Message from the VPIT-CIO
I hope you are all enjoying the early signs of spring across our campuses. As we look ahead to commencement and the close of another academic year, it is a meaningful time to reflect on the energy, dedication, and collaboration that define the Michigan Technology Community. This season always serves as a reminder of the impact our work has on our students, faculty, and staff, and I am grateful to be part of a community that continues to support the university’s mission in such thoughtful and innovative ways.
Build Accessibility Into Every Document: A Self‑Paced Guide for Faculty, Editors, and Teams
Document accessibility means using best practices, tools, and workflows, so that you can easily create accessible documents each and every time. Explore tools and step-by-step guidance on how to improve your documents at your own pace.
When the Data Already Exists: Building Clinical Operations Tools from the Inside Out
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.
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New Vibe Coding Community of Practice
There is a new community of practice available to you: vibe coding! It’s all about helping each other put vibe coding techniques into practice.
Safe Computing
Tips for Using Public WiFi Securely
It’s best to avoid public WiFi and go online using a secure U-M WiFi option or a secure home wireless network. If you need to use public WiFi, you can do so more securely by following the tips below. Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) Secure Your Internet Connection includes best practices for securing your connection and helps…
