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Dr. Tamara Clegg

Dr. Tamara Clegg alongside Rubble from one of Nickelodeon’s newest shows, PAW Patrol.

iSchool Professor Dr. Tamara Clegg Stars in Nickelodeon Commercial

February 14, 2022 | Hayleigh Moore

Clegg 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 Moore

Connecting people with technology to enhance decision making, foster collaborative learning, and create more inclusive online communiti …

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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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Katrina Fenlon to Support New Commission to Foster Digital Humanities Projects on Social and Racial Justice

December 10, 2021 | Press Release

The Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship will look at improving the support, access, and sustainability o …

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Preserving the Legacy of an American Opera Icon

November 11, 2021 | Jessica Grimmer

MLIS student shares her experience at the Library of Congress processing the materials of the late opera singer, Jessye Norman.

A manuscript from the Reclaiming Heritage digital collection with text that reads: Reclaiming Heritage Digitizing Nipmuc Histories from Colonial Documents

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Digitized 17-18th Century Documents Shed Light on Nipmuc History

October 20, 2021 | iSchool News

iSchool PhD student Lydia Curliss co-curated new online exhibit on the relationship between the indigenous Nipmuc communities and settl …

collaged photo of three women: Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, Nini Beegan

Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping the future of libraries

UMD Faculty and Alumni Honored as Movers and Shakers Class of 2021

August 9, 2021 | Hayleigh Moore

Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping th …

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STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing

April 12, 2021 | UMD iSchool Staff

In The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …