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NPR: TikTok creator makes the recipes she finds on gravestones
January 28, 2022 | UMD iSchool StaffJournalist Scott Simon talks with iSchool graduate student Rosie Grant about the food she's cooked from recipes found on gravestones.
Photo by Jonas Leupe on Unsplash
Work on the Use of Intelligent Voice Assistants by Older Adults Wins ACM TOCHI Best Paper Award
January 28, 2022 | Liz ZogbyThe 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)
January 27, 2022 | UMD iSchool StaffJournalist Sam Blum examines how the expansion of worker surveillance runs the risk of shattering employees’ trust.
Trace Center at 50 Yrs (Video): Accomplishments, Lessons Learned, Future Directions
January 6, 2022 | Mia K. Hinckle & Liz ZogbyA review of the Center’s work at the intersection of disability and technology over its first five decades, and a look at its current …
Katrina Fenlon to Support New Commission to Foster Digital Humanities Projects on Social and Racial Justice
December 10, 2021 | Press ReleaseThe Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship will look at improving the support, access, and sustainability o …
Loud Gleeful Learning
November 5, 2021 | Caro Williams-PierceSupporting and provoking adult play in formal contexts.
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
November 3, 2021 | iSchool NewsTrace faculty and students contribute work and play key leadership roles at ASSETS 2021, which marks landmark 50th anniversaries for bo …
Citizen Panel: What Values Should Regulate Social Media?
October 13, 2021 | iSchool NewsiSchool PhD student Anna Lenhart & EViD Lab host citizen panel on what values should impact legislation on content moderation of so …
Dr. Jonathan Lazar Delivering a Lecture on Digital Accessibility
Jonathan Lazar Named Director of the Trace R&D Center
October 11, 2021 | Liz ZogbyAfter 50 years, Trace Founder and Director Gregg Vanderheiden passes the gavel to a new director to carry the Trace legacy of accessibi …