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Seven iSchool Undergraduates Join UMD’s First Sprinternship™

February 8, 2022 | Hayleigh Moore

The students worked to create solutions to cybersecurity, IT, and other tech challenges while exploring career opportunities in informa …

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Social Data Science Major to Debut in February

February 2, 2022 | Rachael Grahame

New B.S. degree program to teach students how to collect, analyze data for fast-growing fields.

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Black History Month in Maryland, Get Involved

February 1, 2022 | UMD iSchool Staff

This month, UMD and MD Libraries honor black history with public events, discussions, film festivals, resources. Here is a compiled lis …

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NPR: TikTok creator makes the recipes she finds on gravestones

January 28, 2022 | UMD iSchool Staff

Journalist Scott Simon talks with iSchool graduate student Rosie Grant about the food she's cooked from recipes found on gravestones.

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Work on the Use of Intelligent Voice Assistants by Older Adults Wins ACM TOCHI Best Paper Award

January 28, 2022 | Liz Zogby

The paper by iSchool PhD student Alisha Pradhan, iSchool assistant professor Dr. Amanda Lazar, and University of Washington’s Dr. Lea …

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HR Brew: Employee surveillance is exploding with remote work (feat. Jessica Vitak)

January 27, 2022 | UMD iSchool Staff

Journalist Sam Blum examines how the expansion of worker surveillance runs the risk of shattering employees’ trust.

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GeekWire: UW computer science school denounces retired professor’s tweet on women hires (feat. Jen Golbeck)

January 6, 2022 | iSchool News

iSchool Professor weighs in on several tweets published last week by UW computer science professor emeritus.

Trace Center at 50 Yrs (Video): Accomplishments, Lessons Learned, Future Directions

Trace Center at 50 Yrs (Video): Accomplishments, Lessons Learned, Future Directions

January 6, 2022 | Mia K. Hinckle & Liz Zogby

A review of the Center’s work at the intersection of disability and technology over its first five decades, and a look at its current …