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WTOP and Yahoo News: Jen Golbeck Speaks on Social Media Issues
March 7, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck talks about scams and twitter bots.

Rolling Stone: Twitter’s Ongoing Battle Against Bots (ft. Jen Golbeck)
March 6, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck sheds light on how Twitter bots manipulated a controversial gun control debate.

The Discussion Section podcast: Data Ethics for Researchers, IRBs, and Journal Reviewers (ft. Jessica Vitak and Katie Shilton)
February 28, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO professors speak about their NSF-funded research on how to regulate data.

UMD INFO College: Meeting Society’s Grand Challenges
February 26, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA list of UMD Grand Challenges Grants received by the UMD INFO College

LA Times: Foreign Workers Affected by Tech Layoffs (ft. Sakshi Nanda and David Loshin)
February 19, 2023 | INFO StaffExamining how visa regulations limit the amount of time foreign workers can stay in the US.

Navigating Controversy in Computing Research: A Historical View of Data Ethics Work
February 14, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA Q&A with Katie Shilton, associate professor and program co-director of the BS in Social Data Science at the INFO College

Alina Striner, UMD INFO College Alumna, PhD Program
An Artful Way: Exploring the Connection Between HCI and Creative Mediums
February 10, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of PhD graduate Alina Striner

(Photos courtesy of Jen Golbeck and Rosie Grant)
Terp Magazine: The Secrets to Social Success (ft. Jen Golbeck)
February 3, 2023 | Karen Shih | Terp MagazineStudents Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class

Japanese Americans arrive by train to the Santa Anita Park assembly center in April 1942 before being sent to camps. More than 100,000 people were eventually imprisoned at locations in California, Idaho, Colorado and even Arkansas. (hoto courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library)
Terp Magazine: Truth in Exile (ft. Richard Marciano)
February 3, 2023 | Liam Farrell | Terp MagazineDecades after more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into camps during World War II, a UMD archival expert is making sure the …