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PhD Alumni Spotlight: The Fight for Access to Justice – Ursula Gorham, ‘15
December 2, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreHow an alumni is working towards improving access to critical online legal resources and striving to close the “justice gap.”
The Diamondback: Restorative Justice Steering Committee presents plan to College Park City Council
November 30, 2021 | iSchool NewsiSchool's Andy Fellows was one of four Committee speakers who presented a six-year plan developed to heal damage on the Lakeland commun …
HCIL Founder Receives IEEE Test of Time Award for Treemap Research
November 15, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreThe award recognizes a conference paper from 20 years ago whose contents have had a major impact within and beyond the visualization co …
Preserving the Legacy of an American Opera Icon
November 11, 2021 | Jessica GrimmerMLIS student shares her experience at the Library of Congress processing the materials of the late opera singer, Jessye Norman.
Loud Gleeful Learning
November 5, 2021 | Caro Williams-PierceSupporting and provoking adult play in formal contexts.
ASSETS 2021 celebrated 50 years of its sponsor, ACM SIGACCESS, including a 1970s-inspired logo designed by Rachel Wood, a Trace-affiliated PhD student in the UMD iSchool.
Trace Faculty and Students Contribute to a Successful Virtual ASSETS 2021
November 3, 2021 | iSchool NewsTrace faculty and students contribute work and play key leadership roles at ASSETS 2021, which marks landmark 50th anniversaries for bo …
PhD Alumni Spotlight: Navigating the HUman eXperience – Gagan Jindal, ‘20
October 28, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreGagan Jindal’s unexpected journey to creating a more accessible and meaningful user experience for all.
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Digitized 17-18th Century Documents Shed Light on Nipmuc History
October 20, 2021 | iSchool NewsiSchool PhD student Lydia Curliss co-curated new online exhibit on the relationship between the indigenous Nipmuc communities and settl …
Precious Abujana (left) and Andrea N Gutmann Fuentes (right)
iSchool Students Precious Abujana and Andrea Gutmann Fuentes awarded 2021 ALA Spectrum Scholarships
October 14, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreAbujana and Fuentes are among the American Library Association’s 60 Spectrum Scholarship award recipients for 2021.