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HR Brew: Employee surveillance is exploding with remote work (feat. Jessica Vitak)
January 27, 2022 | UMD iSchool StaffJournalist Sam Blum examines how the expansion of worker surveillance runs the risk of shattering employees’ trust.

HCIL Founder Receives IEEE Test of Time Award for Treemap Research
November 15, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreThe award recognizes a conference paper from 20 years ago whose contents have had a major impact within and beyond the visualization co …

PhD Alumni Spotlight: To Build or Not to Build? – Myeong Lee, PhD ‘19
September 15, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreWhile planning his Master’s degree thesis, Myeong Lee was offered a simple question - "Do you want to build something or understand s …

Maryland Today: Merrill College, iSchool to Offer ‘From-Anywhere’ Master’s in Data Journalism
September 7, 2021 | Josh LandApplications will be accepted this fall for new data journalism Master's program.

FoodScrap: Promoting Rich Data Capture and Reflective Food Journaling Through Speech Input
August 23, 2021 | iSchool NewsAnalyzing how speech input can support low-burden and reflective food journaling.

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Counting Tweets
August 17, 2021 | iSchool NewsUMD iSchool Research Faculty member Edward Summers explains how to use a new Twitter API endpoint.

STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing
April 12, 2021 | UMD iSchool StaffIn The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …

Jesse Anderson, College of Information Studies (left); Veeraj Shah, School of Public Health (right)
Jesse Anderson, InfoSci ’22, to Compete as Finalist in the UMD Do Good Challenge!
March 4, 2021 | UMD iSchool StaffAnderson and partner Veeraj Shah's startup nonprofit organization, Chat Health, will be showcased as the competition continues through …