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Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor, David Weintrop

September 22, 2020 | iSchool News

David teaches classes and conducts research on ways to teach people about computing and ways we can use computing skills to teach other …

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PhD Student Spotlight: Jonathan Brier

September 22, 2020 | iSchool News

Jonathan’s current research interests lie in understanding human health and the sustainability of communities and technologies. 

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Reimagining How Libraries Can Serve Youth During COVID-19

September 17, 2020 | iSchool News

Dr. Mega Subramaniam's project involves helping libraries adapt to support youth and their families with the transition to online learn …

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Dr. Charles Harry Talks About Managing Cyber Risks on The Scientific Sense Podcast

September 11, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

Looking at a systems approach to quantifying, prioritizing, and managing risk in critical infrastructure.

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University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook

September 9, 2020 | Press Release

Initial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’

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Maryland Today: Visualizing Vehicle Safety, featuring TJ Rainsford

September 8, 2020 | iSchool News

Led by PhD student TJ Rainsford, an iSchool team created a geographical data visualization tool to support PG County's initiative to …

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Alumni Spotlight: iSchool Lays the Foundation for Alumna’s Career in Academic Librarianship – Joyce Garczynski MLS ‘09

September 8, 2020 | iSchool News

The foundation for Joyce Garczynski’s, MLS ’09, career in librarianship was built from her experience in the Master of Library Scie …

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School Library Journal: The Right and Wrong Way To Make Decisions in a Crisis | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News

As a part of her crowdsourcing project to reimagine libraries, Mega Subramaniam published her fourth SLJ article, discussing how deci …

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Dr. Mega Subramaniam (center), stands together with two of her Kyrgyz colleagues.

Fulbright: Hosted by the Library and Information Consortium of the Kyrgyz Republic, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News

As a Fulbright Specialist, Mega Subramaniam used her expertise to train librarians in the Kyrgyz Republic on how to improve their enga …