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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.
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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.
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Preparing for the Big Day
March 4, 2022 |Guidelines for defending your Ph.D. proposal or dissertation.
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Dean's Lecture Series: Dr. Debbie Chachra
(Video) Dean’s Lecture Series: Rocks, Clouds, and Lightning: Energy, Materiality, and Infrastructural Systems
March 3, 2022 | iSchool News StaffDr. Debbie Chachra presents how renewable energy has the potential to transform the material world.
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Expanding the Possibilities for Accessible Data Visualization
February 24, 2022 | Liz ZogbyiSchool professor and Trace affiliate faculty Dr. Niklas Elmqvist leads a team to continue work on accessible data visualization and to …