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Leveraging Partnerships to Produce Award-Winning School Librarian Leaders
July 23, 2020 | Hayleigh MooreCreating opportunities for students to learn inside and outside of the classroom alongside school librarians.
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CNBC: How the government could ban TikTok — and what else you need to know, featuring Jen Golbeck
July 20, 2020 | Tom Huddleston Jr.The US government is considering banning TikTok, one of the most popular apps on the market, due to concerns that the app may be sharin …
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Universities at Shady Grove Blog: How Technology is Helping People with Traumatic Brain Injuries
July 20, 2020 | Galina Madjaroff ReitzAmazon's Alexa can help people with brain injuries regain independence and feel supported in their own home.
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Smithsonian Magazine: Help Transcribe Field Notes Penned by S. Ann Dunham, a Pioneering Anthropologist and Barack Obama’s Mother, featuring Diana Marsh
July 20, 2020 | Courtney SextonDiana Marsh led a project to digitize the field notebooks of S. Ann Dunham, economic anthropologist and mother of Barack Obama---and to …
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PhD Student Spotlight: Pramod Chundury
July 16, 2020 | iSchool NewsMeet PhD Student, Pramod Chundury!
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Faculty Spotlight: Tamara (Tammy) Clegg, Associate Professor
July 16, 2020 | iSchool NewsMeet Associate Professor, Tamara Clegg!
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Faculty Spotlight: Bridgette Comanda, Adjunct Lecturer and School Library Program Experiential Learning Coordinator
July 16, 2020 | iSchool NewsMeet Adjunct Lecturer and School Library Program Experiential Learning Coordinator, Bridgette Comanda!
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MLIS Student Tannaz Motevalli Named 2020-21 ALA Spectrum Scholar
July 16, 2020 | Mia K. HinckleALA Spectrum Scholarships are awarded annually to a select group of exceptional students who promote equity, diversity, and inclusion i …