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Work on the Use of Intelligent Voice Assistants by Older Adults Wins ACM TOCHI Best Paper Award
The paper by iSchool PhD student Alisha Pradhan, iSchool assistant professor Dr. Amanda Lazar, and University of Washington’s Dr. Lea …
HR Brew: Employee surveillance is exploding with remote work (feat. Jessica Vitak)
Journalist Sam Blum examines how the expansion of worker surveillance runs the risk of shattering employees’ trust.
ASSETS 2021 celebrated 50 years of its sponsor, ACM SIGACCESS, including a 1970s-inspired logo designed by Rachel Wood, a Trace-affiliated PhD student in the UMD iSchool.
Trace Faculty and Students Contribute to a Successful Virtual ASSETS 2021
Trace faculty and students contribute work and play key leadership roles at ASSETS 2021, which marks landmark 50th anniversaries for bo …
Clickbait Headlines Might Not Lure Readers as Much
UMD iSchool researchers find that identifying fake news with AI may be more complicated than anticipated.
The Fourth Thursday: “Urban Renewal Impact” in Asheville
UMD iSchool Professor Richard Marciano makes the urban renewal archival records of black-owned properties in Asheville accessible.
STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing
In The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …
UMD iSchool Takes #4 Spot in U.S. Rankings
Library and information studies, youth services, and information systems are among programming areas to earn top-five rankings.
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Womens’ Right to Vote: Free Exhibits
Free, virtual women's suffrage exhibits compiled in honor of Women's History Month and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Jesse Anderson, College of Information Studies (left); Veeraj Shah, School of Public Health (right)
Jesse Anderson, InfoSci ’22, to Compete as Finalist in the UMD Do Good Challenge!
Anderson and partner Veeraj Shah's startup nonprofit organization, Chat Health, will be showcased as the competition continues through …