Category: Community

A joint project has uncovered how K-12 organizations and community colleges can tap into identity federations to take advantage of shared online services. A task force made up of Internet2, InCommon, The Quilt, Educause and CoSN ran a set of…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Merit Network debuted a new social collaboration environment, the Merit Commons, during the Collaboration Summit held at Washtenaw Community College on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The Merit Commons is a social platform that offers real-time communication…

A new collaboration between Grand Valley State University and West Michigan Aviation Academy will support high school students learning about science, technology, engineering and math as they pursue careers focused on aviation. President Thomas J. Haas and WMAA CEO Patrick…

Eastern Michigan University continues to distinguish itself as one of the nation's best institutions in information assurance through its recent designation from the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). EMU is one of four institutions in…

Michigan Technological University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan have been selected for the National Center of Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Pacesetters program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Google and Qualcomm. Pacesetters is a 2-year…

Today, blind people fluent in Braille can read computer screens through refreshable mechanical displays that convert the words to raised dots - but only one line at a time. For the sighted, imagine a Kindle that showed just 40 characters…

One of the most exciting parts (for us in Professional Development, anyway) of the new Merit website is the new registration system for classes and events. Our old system was a homegrown, repurposed shopping cart from our days of selling…

ANN ARBOR, MI - Merit Network is inviting visitors to explore its new website, www.merit.edu. The new website has been designed to provide a user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality throughout. Visitors will be able to access detailed information…

For the third consecutive year, Ann Arbor-based security provider Duo Security tripled revenue in 2015, as it now has more than one million users. That announcement was made Wednesday morning via a press release issued by the company. The cloud-based…

In January 2015, Zoe Zappitell texted Brittney Urich: "I want to make an app that helps improve the lives of college students." Urich's positive response was nearly instantaneous. "We immediately began brainstorming the problems that students endure in their lives,"…