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The Baltimore Sun: Harford County Library CEO Named New Chairwoman of Maryland Humanities Board

November 13, 2020 | iSchool News

As chair of the board, University of Maryland iSchool MLS alumna Mary Hastler will continue Maryland Humanities' racial equity work. …

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INFO Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Design Personalized Self-Tracking Tech for Older Adults to Improve Physical Activities

September 24, 2020 | Press Release

Choe, Kacorri, and A. Lazar aim to examine how older adults can personalize activity trackers through teachable interfaces to capture m …

Dr. Jonathan Lazar giving a presentation with a slide that reads: "What do we mean by digital accessibility?"

Dr. Jonathan Lazar Delivering a Lecture on Digital Accessibility

SIGACCESS Release: Jonathan Lazar – Outstanding Contribution Recipient 2020

August 27, 2020 | SIGACCESS

Dr. Jonathan Lazar was named the winner of the 2020 ACM SIGACCESS Award (Special Interest Groups on Accessible Computing) for Out …

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Charles Harry Awarded a Maryland Innovation Grant

August 7, 2020 | iSchool News

Dr. Harry will use the grant to create a web application for his cybersecurity framework that provides an analytic approach to assess …

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Prestigious ALISE Awards go to Three UMD iSchool Recipients

June 25, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

Dr. Ana Ndumu, Dr. Mega Subramaniam, and PhD Student Shandra Morhouse receive awards for their research work in library and informati …

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Medium: HCIL 2019-2020 News Roundup

June 22, 2020 | Huaishu Peng

UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab’s (HCIL) 2019-2020 accomplishments

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David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

June 18, 2020 | Chris Samoray

Dr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.

UMD iSchool Awards $109K to 2019-20 Outstanding Students

UMD iSchool Awards $109K to 2019-20 Outstanding Students

May 29, 2020 | iSchool News

The UMD iSchool is pleased to share the full list of 2019-2020 college scholarship and award winners, totaling over $109K in support t …

PhD students Gagan Jindal and Priya Kumar Receive Prestigious Graduate School Fellowships/Awards

PhD students Gagan Jindal and Priya Kumar Receive Prestigious Graduate School Fellowships/Awards

May 28, 2020 | iSchool News

Celebrating the excellence of graduate students and providing valuable financial support.