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AIC: UMD Student Project Featured on Japanese Television
April 11, 2022 | iSchool News StaffThe students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …
FOX5: Amazon’s ‘just walk out’ technology
April 7, 2022 | iSchool News StaffiSchool Associate Professor Dr. Jessica Vitak shares her views on the data and privacy concerns surrounding Amazon’s new shopping tec …
(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: Supporting Children’s Online Information Discovery
April 6, 2022 | iSchool News StaffDr. Jerry Alan Fails and Dr. Sole Pera present CAST, a new search engine interface developed to empower emergent searchers and improve …
BSOS, iSchool and Department of Computer Science Unveil New Undergraduate Badging Program
April 5, 2022 | iSchool News StaffMaryland students can now earn an employer-approved stamp of data science success via a collaboration with the Greater Washington Partn …
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Blog This: Transforming How Students Engage and Learn from Visualization Research
March 28, 2022 | iSchool News StaffWriter Alexandra Khoo chats with iSchool Professor Niklas Elmqvist about the origins of his popular data visualization blog, VisUMD.
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iSchool Professor Receives $1 Million NSF CAREER Grant to Develop Data Science Curriculum
March 28, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreDr. David Weintrop will be working with D.C. Public Schools to address inequities in high school data science education.
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“Drawing Conclusions” – Identity Formation in the Digital Age
March 11, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreiSchool undergraduate student uses art to present her research into technology’s influence on ethnic identity formation.
Maryland Giving Day – March 9, 2022
March 8, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreRead about one student's inspirational story and how Giving Day is helped her pursue a degree in information science.
