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![UMD Researchers Win $1.5M Minerva Grant to Understand Social Media Sharing and Information Campaigns](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/iSchoolNewsDefault_1.jpg)
UMD Researchers Win $1.5M Minerva Grant to Understand Social Media Sharing and Information Campaigns
July 26, 2019 | iSchoolNews![Leveraging Local Community Members to Build a Better Environmental Citizen Science App](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/iSchoolNewsDefault_1.jpg)
Leveraging Local Community Members to Build a Better Environmental Citizen Science App
July 15, 2019 | Mia K. Hinckle![multiple pages of an app](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/omnitrack_interface.jpg)
Figure 1: OmniTrack Interface / OmniTrack
Creating a New Type of Food Tracking App
July 15, 2019 | Mia K. Hinckle![woman and child looking at a computer](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/librarian_with_child_on_computer_2_12.jpg)
Partnering with Kyrgyz Republic Libraries to Develop Innovative Youth Education Programs
July 15, 2019 | Mia K. Hinckle![Using Cell Phones to Learn How We Respond to Natural Disasters](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/iSchoolNewsDefault_1.jpg)
Using Cell Phones to Learn How We Respond to Natural Disasters
June 27, 2019 | Maria HerdDr. Frias-Martinez, UMD iSchool, is using mobile data to build predictive models for emergency preparedness teams to use in future disa …
![UMD iSchool Researcher, Jen Golbeck, Interprets Social Media Giant Facebook’s Ongoing Missteps](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/iSchoolNewsDefault_1.jpg)
UMD iSchool Researcher, Jen Golbeck, Interprets Social Media Giant Facebook’s Ongoing Missteps
May 2, 2019 | iSchoolNewsThe Trouble With Facebook
Researcher Interprets Social Media Giant's Ongoing Missteps
![Jen Golbeck Shares Thoughts on the Psychological Effects of ‘Likes’ on Social Media Posts](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/iSchoolNewsDefault_1.jpg)
Jen Golbeck Shares Thoughts on the Psychological Effects of ‘Likes’ on Social Media Posts
May 1, 2019 | iSchoolNewsTwitter and Instagram Are Starting to Imagine a World Without ‘Likes’