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Dr. Tamara Clegg

Dr. Tamara Clegg alongside Rubble from one of Nickelodeon’s newest shows, PAW Patrol.

iSchool Professor Dr. Tamara Clegg Stars in Nickelodeon Commercial

Hayleigh Moore - February 14, 2022

Clegg is an expert in youth experience and digital practices working with Nickelodeon to enhance its online learning platform, Noggin.

Pengyi Zhang headshot

PhD Alumni Spotlight: Science is a Social Process – Pengyi Zhang, ‘10

Hayleigh Moore - February 9, 2022

Connecting people with technology to enhance decision making, foster collaborative learning, and create more inclusive online communiti …

NPR Weekend Edition

NPR: TikTok creator makes the recipes she finds on gravestones

UMD iSchool Staff - January 28, 2022

Journalist Scott Simon talks with iSchool graduate student Rosie Grant about the food she's cooked from recipes found on gravestones.

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Katrina Fenlon to Support New Commission to Foster Digital Humanities Projects on Social and Racial Justice

Press Release - December 10, 2021

The Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship will look at improving the support, access, and sustainability o …

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Preserving the Legacy of an American Opera Icon

Jessica Grimmer - November 11, 2021

MLIS student shares her experience at the Library of Congress processing the materials of the late opera singer, Jessye Norman.

A manuscript from the Reclaiming Heritage digital collection with text that reads: Reclaiming Heritage Digitizing Nipmuc Histories from Colonial Documents

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Digitized 17-18th Century Documents Shed Light on Nipmuc History

iSchool News - October 20, 2021

iSchool PhD student Lydia Curliss co-curated new online exhibit on the relationship between the indigenous Nipmuc communities and settl …

collaged photo of three women: Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, Nini Beegan

Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping the future of libraries

UMD Faculty and Alumni Honored as Movers and Shakers Class of 2021

Hayleigh Moore - August 9, 2021

Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping th …

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STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing

UMD iSchool Staff - April 12, 2021

In The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …