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Rolling Stone: Twitter’s Ongoing Battle Against Bots (ft. Jen Golbeck)

March 6, 2023 | INFO Staff

INFO Professor Jen Golbeck sheds light on how Twitter bots manipulated a controversial gun control debate.

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Living With Purpose: The Legacy of Gloria Davidson

March 2, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

A spotlight on a pioneering librarian and the scholarship she created

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A Librarian’s Journey: Reflecting on Racialized Trauma and Community Healing

February 28, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

A profile of first-year PhD student Twanna Hodge

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The Discussion Section podcast: Data Ethics for Researchers, IRBs, and Journal Reviewers (ft. Jessica Vitak and Katie Shilton)

February 28, 2023 | INFO Staff

INFO professors speak about their NSF-funded research on how to regulate data.

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(Video) Sociotechnical Cybersecurity Speaker Series: Assessing the Cyber-attack Surface of Local Infrastructures

February 27, 2023 | UMD INFO Staff

Ido Sivan-Sevilla, assistant professor at the INFO College, discusses vulnerabilities in U.S. infrastructure.

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UMD INFO College: Meeting Society’s Grand Challenges

February 26, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

A list of UMD Grand Challenges Grants received by the UMD INFO College

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LA Times: Foreign Workers Affected by Tech Layoffs (ft. Sakshi Nanda and David Loshin)

February 19, 2023 | INFO Staff

Examining how visa regulations limit the amount of time foreign workers can stay in the US.

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Navigating Controversy in Computing Research: A Historical View of Data Ethics Work

February 14, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

A Q&A with Katie Shilton, associate professor and program co-director of the BS in Social Data Science at the INFO College

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(Video) Data Journalism: Using Data to Tell Impactful Stories

February 14, 2023 | UMD INFO Staff

A panel of experts discuss how data can transform storytelling.