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Dr. Cody Buntain Appears on Voice of America to Discuss the Taliban’s Use of Twitter
August 18, 2022 | Mia K. HinckleResearch showing how the Taliban leveraged Twitter, and Twitter’s limited management of this, was shared with Voices of America’s g …
Dr. Cody Buntain Wins $999K DARPA Grant to Study Social Media in Conflict Zones
July 11, 2022 |Cody’s work will develop models to predict where influence efforts by actors might emerge online.
How Taliban Used Twitter to take over Afghanistan
July 11, 2022 |Dr. Cody Buntain looks at how the Taliban made effective use of Twitter to engage with and manipulate international and domestic audien …
Screenshot of an observation session on Zoom from the research study, with Dr. Emma Dixon, Ms. Diana Blackwelder, and a study participant (anonymized with an icon) viewing an NIH webpage reporting on risk factors for heart disease linked to dementia.
How People with Dementia Access Health Information
May 26, 2022 | Liz ZogbyDr. Amanda Lazar and her team examine the barriers faced by people with dementia to accessing relevant, accurate health information.
iSchool Hosts 5th Annual Info Challenge
April 7, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThis week-long event engaged students from across the region in cybersecurity, design, and data analytics projects to tackle real-world …
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“Drawing Conclusions” – Identity Formation in the Digital Age
March 11, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreiSchool undergraduate student uses art to present her research into technology’s influence on ethnic identity formation.
Images courtesy of Hawa Jalloh (left) and Shannon Bland (right)
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.
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 …
Seven iSchool Undergraduates Join UMD’s First Sprinternship™
February 8, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThe students worked to create solutions to cybersecurity, IT, and other tech challenges while exploring career opportunities in informa …