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UMD TRACE Center is Leading the Way in Researching and Designing Tools for Digital Accessibility During COVID-19

Hayleigh Moore - July 8, 2020

The UMD iSchool Trace Research and Development Center is taking up the challenge of accessibility work during the pandemic.

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Medium: Devices All The Way Down

Niklas Elmqvist - June 22, 2020

Professor and Director of the HCIL, Niklas Elmqvist, reflects on his NSF Career Project.

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Medium: HCIL 2019-2020 News Roundup

Huaishu Peng - June 22, 2020

UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab’s (HCIL) 2019-2020 accomplishments

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Press Release: Naeemul Hassan Awarded $228,000 NSF Grant For Collaborative Project

UMD Philip Merrill College of Journalism - June 22, 2020

Dr. Naeemul Hassan and collaborators aim to design and develop computational models to automatically detect video clickbait. 

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David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

Chris Samoray - June 18, 2020

Dr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.

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School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

Mega Subramaniam - June 12, 2020

Discusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

ACES - June 11, 2020

The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant is funded through the National Science Foundation to provide educational and profes …

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Two UMD iSchool Faculty Members Join FAS COVID-19 Task Force

iSchool News - May 29, 2020

The Federation of American Scientists has assembled teams of world-class experts to examine and advise on various facets of the COVID …