Something big is happening to the university Events Calendar.
A little bit ago Rob Vrabel mentioned we were working on the events calendar and I would like to confirm that we are and we have some great things in store.
We will be running down all the new features in detail closer to launch but here are [...]

The 5th World Usability Day and the 7th Annual Usability and Accessibility Conference at Michigan State University, will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on the MSU campus.
Designing for a Sustainable World
Designing for a Sustainable World focuses on how our products and services impact our world. The [...]

We are currently in the process of redesigning and adding more functionality to the University wide calendar (more on this later).  We decided to run some statistics to see what people have used and to get a better understanding of our users.  Here are some interesting statistics we came across.
Statistics
136 separate calendars
30,804 total events among [...]

Two of the founders of the Refresh Detroit group will be hosting a “Usability Tweetup” in Ann Arbor at 7pm on Saturday, July 18th. I am an officer in the Refresh Detroit group and it is a great chance to meet other web workers in the Detroit area to talk about projects, skills and trends. [...]

Have you ever had to put multiple events in the calendar at events.wayne.edu that were so similar you wished there was a way to just copy your event instead of re-entering all that data? We’ve been working on an event copy feature and now it’s available for you to use.
Want to copy an event?

When you [...]

Yesterday was president Noren’s inauguration ceremony. In addition to the traditional event promotion we did a few new things on the web.
Full width homepage banner
Because of the stature and importance of this event, we decided to take up some special real estate normally reserved for emergency messages.  We placed a banner in the morning letting [...]

Interested in social media? Do you want to hear me speak? On January 21 Refresh Detroit is hosting a Social Media Panel Discussion at Washtenaw Community College. It is a free event and open to the public.
Learn about the opportunities social media brings for individuals, companies, and social causes. Find out how to use social [...]

Where: Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan. We will be meeting in Room 103 at the Morris Lawrence Building (map). Plenty of free parking is available adjacent to the building.
When: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Speaker: Mary Donnelly, Senior User Experience Consultant at Evantage Consulting and Cathy McAdam, ACSW
Abstract
Making the web usable for all [...]

It’s design jam time again!  The last two browser design jams were a great success, and the events were featured in a Mozilla Labs blog post.
SOCHI and SCSI now bring you the third design jam in our browser redesign series, answering Mozilla’s call for participation.
WHAT: Prototype or create storyboards for your ideas for improving or [...]

It is all day dedicated to usability, two usability events happening on the same day. The first costs just $25 and includes lunch. The other is free and happens right after the MSU event, both of their details are below,
Getting to the Point: Improving Transportation through Better Design
The focus for World Usability Day 2008 [...]