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Medium: Engaging the Commons in Participatory Sensing

June 22, 2020 | Yongle Zhang

Research on participatory sensing, the practice of using human participants to gather data on their mobile devices from their environm …

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David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

June 18, 2020 | Chris Samoray

Dr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.

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School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

June 12, 2020 | Mega Subramaniam

Discusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Brookings: Where Would Racial Progress in Policing be Without Camera Phones? featuring Nicol Turner Lee

June 12, 2020 | Nicol Turner Lee

Technology is becoming part of the story regarding how marginalized populations in the U.S.

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Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak

June 12, 2020 | Jessica Vitak

Technology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.

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Student Archivists at Maryland – Call for New Student Members!

June 12, 2020 | Karina Kletscher, UMD iSchool MLIS Student

This is a momentous year for SAM as we are turning 25!

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November GradTerp Exchange speakers: Donny Pearson (Physics), Nicole Barbour (Biology), Karrin Thompson (Library and Information Science)(left to right)

Stepping Outside of the Comfort Zone: An MLIS Student’s Experience Presenting at GradTerp Exchange

June 12, 2020 | Karrin Thompson, UMD iSchool MLIS Student

GradTerp Exchange is a monthly speaker series in which The Graduate School invites 3-4 graduate students and postdocs to share their re …

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Would you make a good Information Detective? Explaining the career of an Open Source Intelligence Professional, featuring Mary Ann Francis

June 12, 2020 | Mary Ann Francis

Have you ever wondered about privacy and the data that operating systems, search engines, and social networks collect about you?

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

June 11, 2020 | ACES

The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant is funded through the National Science Foundation to provide educational and profes …