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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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MLIS Alumnae Use Instagram to Amplify Black Excellence in Librarianship
March 3, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreRead about two alumnae who are creating spaces for current and aspiring librarians and authors of color.
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Celebrate Women’s History Month From Anywhere
March 1, 2022 | iSchool News StaffExplore the National Women's History Museum's collection of virtual exhibits and learn about trailblazing women, past and present.
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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 …
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REAL LIFE MAG: Seeing Without Looking
February 17, 2022 | M.R. SauterSidewalk Toronto is dead, but its legacy shows there are more ways to violate one’s privacy than collecting one’s image.
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(Video) SoDa Symposium: Trustworthiness in Social Data Science
February 15, 2022 | iSchool News StaffResearchers from UMD and Cornell University discuss the ethical dilemmas in social data science and how ethnographic studies can help g …
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iSchool Professor Dr. Tamara Clegg Stars in Nickelodeon Commercial
February 14, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreClegg is an expert in youth experience and digital practices working with Nickelodeon to enhance its online learning platform, Noggin.
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PhD Alumni Spotlight: Science is a Social Process – Pengyi Zhang, ‘10
February 9, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreConnecting people with technology to enhance decision making, foster collaborative learning, and create more inclusive online communiti …