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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 MooreClegg is an expert in youth experience and digital practices working with Nickelodeon to enhance its online learning platform, Noggin.
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 …
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Social Data Science Major to Debut in February
February 2, 2022 | Rachael GrahameNew B.S. degree program to teach students how to collect, analyze data for fast-growing fields.
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Work on the Use of Intelligent Voice Assistants by Older Adults Wins ACM TOCHI Best Paper Award
January 28, 2022 | Liz ZogbyThe paper by iSchool PhD student Alisha Pradhan, iSchool assistant professor Dr. Amanda Lazar, and University of Washington’s Dr. Lea …
CAP students in the Expanded Arts Summer Job Program enjoy a lunch break, circa 1970 (Photo courtesy of Robert Breck Chapman Photographs at Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore)
Uncovering the Buried History of Baltimore’s Arts and Culture
January 27, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThe Inheritance Baltimore program is one of the many ways MLIS alumna, Angela Koukoui, is providing better access to her community's hi …
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.
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UMD iSchool’s Jen Golbeck Turns to TikTok as a Tool to Teach Next Gen Social Media Influencers
January 5, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreUniversities are increasingly turning to TikTok and other social platforms to help enhance curriculum and prepare students for this $62 …
