5/17/2012

• AnnArbor.com: U-M information grads to have options

  

  Jeff MacKie-Mason expects that in 20 years almost every university will offer a bachelor's degree in information studies.

   

• University Record:Regents approve new undergraduate degree

  

  The Board of Regents approved the university's first undergraduate degree in information at its meeting Thursday. The School of Information (SI) will offer the bachelor's degree in information beginning in fall 2014 pending its approval at the June meeting of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan.

   

• Ann Arbor Chronicle: Regents approve new degree

  

  A new bachelor’s degree for the University of Michigan School of Information was authorized by UM regents at their May 17, 2012 meeting. Undergraduates would be able to declare this as their major in the fall of 2014.

5/15/2012

• AnnArbor.com: UMSI proposes UG degrees in information

  

  U-M's School of Information and the provost office are petitioning the Board of Regents during its Thursday meeting in Dearborn to approve a new bachelor of arts and bachelor of science in information.

   

   

4/18/2012

• Marietta Times: Learn something - for free

  

  I just signed up to take a class this summer at the University of Michigan, the class, called internet history, technology and security will be taught by Charles Severance and will last six weeks. Big deal, right? Well the class is free and is one of hundreds that can be taken from some of the nation’s best universities.

3/26/2012

• MarketWatch: Charles Severance joins Blackboard leadership

  

  Blackboard Inc. today announced the appointment of Charles Severance, a longtime leader and one of the founders of the Sakai community, to a senior role to lead the company's initiative on the Sakai open source learning management system (LMS).

   

March/April 2012

• D-Lib Magazine

  

  The Magazine of Digital Library Research contains a news item on the 2012 iConference where Beth Yakel, Morgan Daniels, and Kathleen Fear won a Best Paper award.

3/13/2012

• Library Journal: Movers and Shakers 2012

  

  Kristin Fontichiaro and three UMSI alumni have been named "movers and shakers" of the year by the Library Journal.

• Hack Library School Blog

  

  The UMSI student organizers of the first Quasi-con, or non-conference, on the future of libraries share their experience and practical advice in this blog for library science students.

3/8/2012

• The Collation

  

  ASB participant Sarah Wingo was invited to contribute a guest blog to the Folger Shakespeare Library's blog, The Collation. She reflects on her week of service at the Folger.

2/13/2102

• Michigan Daily: DataDive, where science meets service

  

  Science united with service this weekend when the School of Information partnered with Open.Michigan, a University organization dedicated to globally sharing information, to host the a2DataDive — the University’s first ever DataDive.

2/6/2012

• Washtenaw Voice

  

  Professor Paul Edwards speaks out at town hall meeting on climate change.

2/3/2012

• University Record: SI Penny War

  

  SI's annual Penny War fundraiser for the Alternative Spring Break program is featured.

1/29/2012

• Radio National Australia: Future Tense

  

  Assistant professor Finn Brunton is interviewed on Australian radio on the temporary nature of technology.

1/24/2012

• Michigan Daily: New Master’s of Health Informatics to merge two academic programs

  

  In response to the rapidly growing demand for education in the fields of information technology and public health, the University plans to launch a new Master’s program in Health Informatics this fall.

1/20/2012

• GovernmentHealthIT: Is ONC's community college HIT program working?

  

  The government plans to fork out a total of nearly $70 million in grants to five community colleges assigned with leading a federal healthcare IT training program. But is the Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals delivering?

1/17/2012

• TechCrunch.com: Facebook Study Reveals Facebook Is Not an Echo Chamber

  

  UMSI associate professor Lada Adamic, currently a scholar-in-residence at Facebook, has published a paper cited on TechCrunch.com. One of her co-authors, now employed at Facebook, is Eytan Bakshy (PhD '11).

   

• Slate.com: The End of the Echo Chamber

  

  Eytan Bakshy, a UMSI PhD ('11) now working at Facebook, has just published a paper (co-authored with UMSI associate professor Lada Adamic) that disproves some conventional wisdom about the Web. According to this new research, the online echo chamber doesn’t exist.

1/10/2012

• HealthCareITNews: Community College Training of Health IT Professionals Questioned

  

  Chuck Friedman, director of the Health Informatics programs at the School of Information, is quoted extensively in an article examining the quality of health informatics training at community colleges.

1/2/2012

• Work by two UMSI PhDs gathering press notice

  

  Emilee Rader (PhD '09) and Richard Wash (PhD '09), now assistant professors at Michigan State University, have received NSF grants to help people increase security of their home computers.

12/20/2011

• A Physician's Perspective: Meaningful Use of Health Technology

  

  These days, everyone is looking for a job in health IT. How do you go about finding a job in Health IT? Where do you go to gain experience if you’ve never worked in health care? The government has funded a number of educational and training programs to build the health IT workforce.

12/16/2011

• University Record: Meals on bike wheels wins business model competition

  

  Two School of Public Health students have won first prize in the Business Model Competion organized by SI Create, a student group at the School of Information.

12/15/2011

• Becker's Hospital Review: Hospital Handoff Strategies

  

  SI Professor Michael Cohen shares five strategies operating room team members can use to facilitate effective handoffs into and out of the OR.

12/14/2011

• Student seed capital takes root at A2 New Tech Meetup

  

  The Michigan Business Model Competition, organized by SI Create, encourages student entrepreneurship.

12/7/2011

• NSF: Discoveries

  

  A new visualization method makes research more organized and more efficient. The Action Science Explorer helps reveal emerging trends and controversies and encourages collaborations within the research community. SI professor Drago Radev is a co-PI on this project.

12/5/2011

• University Record: New master of health informatics program

  

  Applications now are being accepted for admission to the new master of health informatics program, offered jointly by the School of Information and the School of Public Health.

  The inaugural class of the two-year program begins in fall 2012, and is the first master of health informatics program offered by a public university in Michigan.

12/2/2011

• FierceHealthIT: U of Mich health informatics program emphasizes IT for patients

  

  The University of Michigan (U-M) has launched a new Master's degree program in "health informatics," which emphasizes the use of information technology in consumer health applications. The field is likely to become important to hospitals as they begin to take responsibility for the health of their patient populations and form accountable care organizations.

   

• ModernHealthcare.com: UM debuts health informatics grad program

  

  The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has created a two-year master's program in health informatics, offered jointly by its schools of public health and information. The program will begin in fall 2012, and the university has begun accepting applications from prospective students, according to a news release.

   

• HealthCareIT News: UM launches Master of Health Informatics program

  

  Officials at the University of Michigan announced Thursday that the university will launch a new master of health informatics program. The program, offered jointly by the School of Information and the School of Public Health, is accepting applications for admission for the inaugural class of the two-year program, which begins in fall 2012.

   

• HealthcareInformatics

  

  The University of Michigan has launched a Master of Health Informatics program to develop leaders and solutions in the growing industry. The program, offered jointly by the School of Information and the School of Public Health, is accepting applications for admission for the inaugural class of the two-year program, which begins in fall 2012.