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Dr. Tamara Clegg alongside Rubble from one of Nickelodeon’s newest shows, PAW Patrol.
iSchool Professor Dr. Tamara Clegg Stars in Nickelodeon Commercial
Clegg is an expert in youth experience and digital practices working with Nickelodeon to enhance its online learning platform, Noggin.
Seven iSchool Undergraduates Join UMD’s First Sprinternship™
The students worked to create solutions to cybersecurity, IT, and other tech challenges while exploring career opportunities in informa …

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Work on the Use of Intelligent Voice Assistants by Older Adults Wins ACM TOCHI Best Paper Award
The paper by iSchool PhD student Alisha Pradhan, iSchool assistant professor Dr. Amanda Lazar, and University of Washington’s Dr. Lea …
HR Brew: Employee surveillance is exploding with remote work (feat. Jessica Vitak)
Journalist Sam Blum examines how the expansion of worker surveillance runs the risk of shattering employees’ trust.

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
Trace faculty and students contribute work and play key leadership roles at ASSETS 2021, which marks landmark 50th anniversaries for bo …
Clickbait Headlines Might Not Lure Readers as Much
UMD iSchool researchers find that identifying fake news with AI may be more complicated than anticipated.
The Fourth Thursday: “Urban Renewal Impact” in Asheville
UMD iSchool Professor Richard Marciano makes the urban renewal archival records of black-owned properties in Asheville accessible.