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Reimagining How Libraries Can Serve Youth During COVID-19

September 17, 2020 | iSchool News
Dr. Mega Subramaniam's project involves helping libraries adapt to support youth and their families with the transition to online learn …
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Dr. Charles Harry Talks About Managing Cyber Risks on The Scientific Sense Podcast

September 11, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle
Looking at a systems approach to quantifying, prioritizing, and managing risk in critical infrastructure.
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University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook

September 9, 2020 | Press Release
Initial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’
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School Library Journal: The Right and Wrong Way To Make Decisions in a Crisis | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News
As a part of her crowdsourcing project to reimagine libraries, Mega Subramaniam published her fourth SLJ article, discussing how deci …
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Dr. Mega Subramaniam (center), stands together with two of her Kyrgyz colleagues.

Fulbright: Hosted by the Library and Information Consortium of the Kyrgyz Republic, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News
As a Fulbright Specialist, Mega Subramaniam used her expertise to train librarians in the Kyrgyz Republic on how to improve their enga …
Research Will Test Finger-worn Sensor That Tracks Stroke Survivors’ Arm Movements

Research Will Test Finger-worn Sensor That Tracks Stroke Survivors’ Arm Movements

August 28, 2020 | Press Release
Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe to work with UMass research team on project awarded $2.4 million NIH grant.
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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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Dr. Susannah Paletz

UMD iSchool to Investigate AI Tech for Intelligence Analysts

August 26, 2020 | Press Release
Funded by the U.S. Army Research Office, the multi-institution team led by Dr. Susannah Paletz will look at team cognition and AI solu …
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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

August 26, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle
With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …