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Michigan: Students Pave Way for Official
U-M App

Download Michigan (free) from the iTunes App Store

With a few taps on an iPhone, you can search for someone in the U-M directory, navigate campus, access the Magic Bus system, and even check out what's being served in the dining halls. Designed to connect students, faculty, and staff, Michigan is a free iPhone app that provides access to news, events, and other university information.

The Michigan app began life as a student-designed app called iWolverine, which was built by computer science students Kevin Chan and Mark Yang as a project in Elliot Soloway's EECS 498 Mobile App Development class in Winter 2010. U-M Information and Technology Services (ITS), which had plans to develop an app for Michigan, saw potential in the students' app and purchased iWolverine in March 2010. "Mark and Kevin had an excellent start on a general U-M app with iWolverine. Their app allowed us to jump start our development," said Cassandra Carson, mobile applications product manager at ITS.

The Michigan app allows users to:

Navigate campus locations
View Magic Bus current location, routes, and schedules
Read the University Record Record Update, U-M News Service, Michigan Today and Michigan Daily
Search the U-M directory and automatically add contacts directly to your cell phone
Check out what's being served in the dining halls
See what events are happening on campus
Connect to iTunes U

Chan and Yang have graduated from Michigan with computer science and engineering degrees.

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Michigan iPhone app offers access to range of campus information (U-M News Service)

Michigan students create iPhone app to provide campus information (U-M News Service)