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Press Release: Naeemul Hassan Awarded $228,000 NSF Grant For Collaborative Project
June 22, 2020 | UMD Philip Merrill College of JournalismDr. Naeemul Hassan and collaborators aim to design and develop computational models to automatically detect video clickbait.
Medium: Engaging the Commons in Participatory Sensing
June 22, 2020 | Yongle ZhangResearch on participatory sensing, the practice of using human participants to gather data on their mobile devices from their environm …
David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
June 18, 2020 | Chris SamorayDr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.
School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam
June 12, 2020 | Mega SubramaniamDiscusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brookings: Where Would Racial Progress in Policing be Without Camera Phones? featuring Nicol Turner Lee
June 12, 2020 | Nicol Turner LeeTechnology is becoming part of the story regarding how marginalized populations in the U.S.
Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak
June 12, 2020 | Jessica VitakTechnology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.
Student Archivists at Maryland – Call for New Student Members!
June 12, 2020 | Karina Kletscher, UMD iSchool MLIS StudentThis is a momentous year for SAM as we are turning 25!
November GradTerp Exchange speakers: Donny Pearson (Physics), Nicole Barbour (Biology), Karrin Thompson (Library and Information Science)(left to right)
Stepping Outside of the Comfort Zone: An MLIS Student’s Experience Presenting at GradTerp Exchange
June 12, 2020 | Karrin Thompson, UMD iSchool MLIS StudentGradTerp Exchange is a monthly speaker series in which The Graduate School invites 3-4 graduate students and postdocs to share their re …
Would you make a good Information Detective? Explaining the career of an Open Source Intelligence Professional, featuring Mary Ann Francis
June 12, 2020 | Mary Ann FrancisHave you ever wondered about privacy and the data that operating systems, search engines, and social networks collect about you?