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UMD Researchers Receive $2.35M NSF Award to Improve Public Transit Planning in Baltimore

September 29, 2020 | Maria Herd

Dr. Frias-Martinez and team are to build an app for Baltimore residents to contribute their ideas and travel data, a public dashboard …

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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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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 …

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Leveraging Partnerships to Produce Award-Winning School Librarian Leaders

July 23, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore

Creating opportunities for students to learn inside and outside of the classroom alongside school librarians.

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Two UMD iSchool Faculty Members Join FAS COVID-19 Task Force

May 29, 2020 | iSchool News

The Federation of American Scientists has assembled teams of world-class experts to examine and advise on various facets of the COVID …

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Dr. Renee Hill standing in front of Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland

UMD’s Dr. Renee Hill is Recipient of the NFB Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship Award

January 21, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore

The Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship is one of the many ways the National Federation of the Blind is supporting accessibility for bli …