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The Associated Press: Despite Promise, Few in US Adopting COVID-19 Exposure Apps, featuring Jessica Vitak

Dr. Jessica Vitak explains why Americans have been hesitant to use COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone tools. 

University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, and Facebook Team Up to Forecast Coronavirus Spread

Data shared by 30M+ Facebook users world-wide will enable earlier detection of COVID-19 outbreaks, help communities to prepare, inform …

UMD iSchool Sends 30 Students to Grace Hopper Celebration

The annual Grace Hopper Celebration brings together 30,000+ women in tech from across 115+ countries.

BSIS Student Builds Database for the Library of Congress

As a summer intern at the Library of Congress, Sarah Patrick transformed a print resource into an interactive digital experience.

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

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

UMD iSchool Awards $109K to 2019-20 Outstanding Students

The UMD iSchool is pleased to share the full list of 2019-2020 college scholarship and award winners, totaling over $109K in support t …

Alumni Spotlight: An Adventurous Infrastructure Architect – Charell Adagala, BSIS ‘18

Alumni spotlight: How the iSchool Kick-started My Cybersecurity Career – Omar Youssef, BSIS ‘19

Dr. Renee Hill standing in front of Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland

UMD’s Dr. Renee Hill is Recipient of the NFB Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship Award

The Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship is one of the many ways the National Federation of the Blind is supporting accessibility for bli …