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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.

The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Conspiracy Theories, Math And The Presidential Election, featuring Jen Golbeck
Dr. Jen Golbeck explains why Benford's Law cannot be used to identify voter fraud in the 2020 election.

UMD iSchool @ the ACM’s 2020 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
UMD iSchool's Dr. Jessica Vitak discusses the college's robust participation in the ACM's prestigious CSCW 2020 Conference.

Cogitatio Press: Strengthening Children’s Privacy Literacy through Contextual Integrity
A team of UMD iSchool researchers aim to strengthen children's privacy literacy.

Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor, Naeemul Hassan
Naeemul is focused on computational journalism and social sensing, working on a number of projects with faculty and staff from the UMD …

PhD Student Spotlight: Xiaoyun Huang
Xiaoyun is currently exploring how people present themselves across their social media ecosystems and what factors could influence the …

Staff Spotlight: IT Coordinator, Allan Oliveros
Allan is currently focused on providing tech support to faculty and staff to make sure they are able to use tech equipment just as effe …