School of Information
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May 4, 2020
Information graduate connects students through storytelling
The social project that would help define Somya Bhagwagar’s college experience started on a bit of a whim. Motivated by a desire to learn more about the people around her and inspired by photographer and blogger Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” project, Bhagwagar began collecting stories and images for what she would call “Students of Umich.”
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May 4, 2020
Public comments sought on proposed Regents Bylaws changes
Revisions to the U-M Board of Regents Bylaws have been proposed and are posted for public comment through May 18.
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April 12, 2020
Institute for Humanities names faculty, graduate student fellows
Eight U-M lecturers and tenure-track faculty members will be summer fellows at the Institute for the Humanities. Eight faculty members and eight graduate students will be fellows during the 2020-21 academic year.
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February 24, 2020
U-M, Coursera offer $1 monthly online courses to Chinese learners
In response to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, U-M and online learning platform Coursera are offering three popular online data science specializations to learners in China for $1 a month.
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February 20, 2020
Engineering, Information getting new space on North Campus
A $145 million, 163,000-square-foot addition to the Bob and Betty Beyster Building will be shared by the School of Information and College of Engineering’s Computer Science and Engineering division.
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February 17, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
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February 13, 2020
U-M part of worldwide contest to advance artificial intelligence
U-M is one of 10 teams worldwide participating in the Alexa Socialbot Grand Challenge, a university competition to further the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
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January 30, 2020
Faculty and ITS team up to develop new student dashboard
My Learning Analytics, or MyLA, is a set of visualizations that can be embedded in courses and give students insights into how they budget their time, set goals and monitor their performance.
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January 20, 2020
New center to focus on ethical, equitable computing practices
U-M leaders at the forefront of research on the opportunities and pitfalls surrounding society’s expansive use of technology are part of the new Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing.
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January 20, 2020
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the university.
