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Fall 2021 Welcome from iSchool Dean Keith Marzullo
August 31, 2021 | Keith MarzulloWishing students, staff, and faculty a wonderful and safe Fall semester.

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The Washington Post: Private Israeli Spyware Used to Hack Cellphones of Journalists
August 26, 2021 | iSchool NewsUMD iSchool Assistant Professor Ido Sivan-Sevilla discusses the threat of unregulated private surveillance tools.

FoodScrap: Promoting Rich Data Capture and Reflective Food Journaling Through Speech Input
August 23, 2021 | iSchool NewsAnalyzing how speech input can support low-burden and reflective food journaling.

Journal of Education for Library & Information Science: Articles by Ana Ndumu
August 20, 2021 | iSchool NewsExploring the intersection of libraries, demography, and social inclusion.

From Learning Analytics to Institutional Learning Ecosystems
August 19, 2021 | iSchool NewsUMD iSchool Senior Lecturer Phil Piety edited a special issue of the Journal of Computing in Higher Education.

Predicting Popularity of Polish Facebook Posts Using Author and Content Features
August 18, 2021 | iSchool NewsUMD iSchool Research Professor Susannah Paletz researches content-based factors associated with sharing political and social posts on …

Maryland Today: Well-versed in the Metaverse
August 17, 2021 | iSchool NewsProfessor Jennifer Golbeck discusses what the future of the internet will look like.

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Counting Tweets
August 17, 2021 | iSchool NewsUMD iSchool Research Faculty member Edward Summers explains how to use a new Twitter API endpoint.

Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping the future of libraries
UMD Faculty and Alumni Honored as Movers and Shakers Class of 2021
August 9, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreBrenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping th …