Shared threat intelligence saves the day

Hosted and facilitated by Information Assurance, the MITN partnership is helping protect Big Ten universities from cyber threats.
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Arbor Lakes: A longstanding hub of tech innovation

Long before Arbor Lakes became the residence of ITS and HITS, it was the site for pioneering, computer-aided manufacturing.
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Call for proposals for the 2018 Michigan IT Symposium

Submit your application before August 10 to showcase your IT innovations at the fifth annual Michigan IT Symposium, November 28 & 29.
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Profiles in IT: Melissa Thurber

"Profiles in IT" is a new series that highlights members of the Michigan IT community and their contributions to the university mission.
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Export Controls CoP expands to address CUI

A new CUI CoP will address compliance with the federal government’s Controlled Unclassified Information program.
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Campus News

  • ITS hosts summer interns from Wolverine Pathways program
  • U-M website for Social Integrity promotes digital citizenship
  • DeMonner & Whyte recognized for leadership at IMS Global Learning Institute
  • Crowdsourcing in milliseconds
  • Lampe elected to ACM SIGCHI Executive Committee
  • Dearborn ITS team wins staff award
  • New instructional technology for Flint’s radiation therapy program
  • Free Coursera certifications for faculty, staff, and students
  • Mingyan Liu named 2018 Distinguished University Innovator
  • Plus much more...

Jobs, Training & Events

  • Gameful Learning Summer Institute encourages student learning ownership
  • Summer training for U-M Box and Google
  • Learn about GDPR at July 26 open forum
  • HITS supports research innovation at Cores Technology & Services Showcase
  • CoP Meetings: Jul 17 Agile Coffee; Jul 25 Storage; Aug 2 CUI; Aug 22 Advocacy, Aug 27 Data Integration; Aug 29 Storage.
  • Calendar Highlights: Jul 17 IT4U webinar: Using BusinessObjects with Student Data; Jul 18 Third Annual MiVideo Summit; Jul 20 Exploring the Tidyverse; Jul 26 Spatial regression; Jul 27 MoRe; Jul 31 SparkSQL and DataFrames with PySpark; Aug 6 Single-Cell Data Analytics Symposium 2018; Aug 28 Geostatistical modeling; Sep 13 Data-Intensive Social Science Challenge Symposium.

Safe Computing

  • Protect your UMICH account with two-factor
  • Users to be prompted for UMICH account recovery info
  • Tips for writing emails that don’t look phishy
  • Beware of tech support scams
  • Say no to cryptocurrency mining

Projects & Services

  • BlueJeans meetings increase 58% over last year
  • Timeline for the new Gmail
  • Cloud Infrastructure Transformation Program launches new website
  • U-M Box & Google Monthly Digest
  • REMINDER: CTools sites become read-only August 31
  • Changes to Office 365 Education for U-M alumni & retirees
  • Campus WiFi upgrades near completion as WiFi on the Diag breaks ground
  • New tool lets users find online services easier
  • It’s official! New Michigan App now available

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