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AIC: UMD Student Project Featured on Japanese Television
The students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …

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Blog This: Transforming How Students Engage and Learn from Visualization Research
Writer Alexandra Khoo chats with iSchool Professor Niklas Elmqvist about the origins of his popular data visualization blog, VisUMD.

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“Drawing Conclusions” – Identity Formation in the Digital Age
iSchool undergraduate student uses art to present her research into technology’s influence on ethnic identity formation.

Maryland Giving Day – March 9, 2022
Read about one student's inspirational story and how Giving Day is helped her pursue a degree in information science.

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MLIS Alumnae Use Instagram to Amplify Black Excellence in Librarianship
Read about two alumnae who are creating spaces for current and aspiring librarians and authors of color.

PhD Alumni Spotlight: Science is a Social Process – Pengyi Zhang, ‘10
Connecting people with technology to enhance decision making, foster collaborative learning, and create more inclusive online communiti …

NPR: TikTok creator makes the recipes she finds on gravestones
Journalist Scott Simon talks with iSchool graduate student Rosie Grant about the food she's cooked from recipes found on gravestones.