Message from the interim VPIT-CIO: Preparing for a successful future

Last week, the Board of Regents approved my appointment as interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer. I am excited about this role and am eager to work more closely with all of Michigan IT to prepare for a successful future.
The interim VPIT-CIO, Andrew Rosenberg

Girls Are IT! STEAM JAM 2017 hosted at UM-Dearborn

UM-Dearborn hosted Girls Are IT! STEAM JAM 2017, a half-day workshop that targeted 50 middle school girls from Detroit Public Schools.
Three young African American girls smile and pose at Girls Are IT! STEAM JAM 2017

They did it! Women of Michigan IT contribute to world record

Michigan IT staff joined more than 3,700 women and girls dressed as the iconic Rosie the Riveter to help set a world record on October 14, 2017.
A woman impersonating Rosie the Riveter smiles and flexes her bicep

As Michigan Medicine grows, so does the need for technology

The new West Ann Arbor-Parkland Plaza is more than just a pretty space. The building has an impressive tech brain, too.
A rack of networked machines are pictured in a communications closet

Students' demand for technology: Transforming the Michigan experience

Colleges and universities have some of the most demanding wireless environments around. Here’s what Michigan IT is doing to satisfy that need.
Students are seated on a couch using tablet and laptop computers

UM-Flint completes successful phishing awareness campaign

An awareness campaign at UM-Flint resulted in a significant decrease in the number of users who fell for simulated phish emails.
An illustration of a submerged laptop computer caught on a fishhook

LSA Gateway: Faculty and staff portal to the college

LSA Web Services is transforming the college's web presence with a Gateway project that promises to create a one-stop shop for faculty and staff.
Colorful tiles are pictured in a graphical user interface for the new LSA Gateway website

Campus News

  • Sign up to be a Michigan IT mentor by Jan. 12
  • High school students tour the MACC
  • Computer Showcase holiday pop-up stores
  • Interested in emerging tech? Check out Cool Toys!
  • Enable closed captioning on public-facing TVs
  • UM-Dearborn to launch new Information Systems Security minor
  • Meet the Project Management CoP
  • U-M developing certificate in augmented, virtual, & mixed reality
  • DevOps Community of Practice forming, new members welcome
  • U-M receives $1.6M toward AI for data science
  • Plus much more...

Training & Events

  • CoP Meetings: DevOps, Agile Development, Project Management, Data Integration
  • Google Drive/Docs Workshop
  • Digital signs: Latest and Greatest Hardware
  • ITS Cloud Training: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • 2017 Michigan IT Symposium photo viewbook
  • Save the date: Hacks with Friends 2018
  • First-ever U-M Iron Viz Championship
  • LSA-ISS Resource Expo
  • AR, blood pressure, MGoView at Mobile Dev meeting
  • Archaeology AR/VR/3D technology showcase
  • ITS to offer training on collaboration tools

Safe Computing

  • Use new address to report phishing
  • "YOU are our best defense" posters available
  • New U-M self-phishing guidelines & norms
  • SUMIT 2017 focused on surveillance, censorship, and internet freedom
  • Shop online safely with these tips
  • Computer Security 101: Students show what they know

Projects & Services

  • New web hosting platforms to meet campus needs
  • Improving Dearborn IT services end-to-end: Phase I is complete!
  • Your input needed on long-term plans for cosign
  • What do you think about MaizeLink?
  • Detroit Center adds streaming & videoconferencing capabilities
  • Secure testing with Canvas exams
  • Microsoft Lync to be decommissioned Jan. 29
  • M-Pathways Student Administration upgrade coming May 2018
  • U-M partners with Cavium on Big Data computing platform
  • Be a beta tester of the new Michigan App

Learn more about the Office of the VPIT-CIO.

Get this from a friend? You can subscribe or unsubscribe using the Michigan IT MCommunity group.

This newsletter is sent to the Michigan IT community to provide updates, answer questions, and spark conversation about campuswide efforts to improve IT services and invest in technologies that support U-M's current and future needs. Have questions or feedback? Please let us know! Use our submission form to send us content and story ideas. (You must be logged in with your UMICH Level-1 password to access the form.)

U-M Office of the Vice President for IT & CIO