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everything.

Corey S. scanning archival material.
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Access

Corey S. is using information to ensure that history is forever and for everyone.

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Jean Hardy standing next to a rainbow flag
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Communities

Jean Hardy is using information to bring together LGBT people in rural areas.

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Hope Tambala standing in front of a data visualization
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Perspectives

Hope Tambala is using information and AR/VR to turn data into decisions.

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Emily Trumpower wearing a white doctor's coat in a hospital
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Preemie Care

Emily Trumpower is using information to help preterm babies get what they need to grow.

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Sierre Wolfkostin standing next to a dominos sign
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Business

Sierre Wolfkostin is using information to make customers' experiences easier and more fun.

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UMSI COVID-19 Updates and Resources

News

iConference 2021 Keynote address by Margaret Hedstrom
Margaret Hedstrom to deliver keynote address at iConference

Margaret Hedstrom will deliver a keynote address at the plenary session of the annual iConference.

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Kentaro Toyama was quoted by Government Technology
Toyama: Net neutrality can’t be achieved until it’s better defined

UMSI professor Kentaro Toyama tells Government Technology that we lack a clear definition of what net neutrality means. 

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Jubilee singers at Fisk University
How Black people in the 19th century used photography as a tool for social change

UMSI student Samantha Hill wrote a piece for "The Conversation" on the role cameras played in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery era.

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Events

Mar 9 2021
Inclusive Instructional Design Workshop

Join UMSI for a workshop on Inclusive Instructional Design: a highly effective blend of Universal Design for Learning, Backwards Design, Accessibility, Community Building, and Reflective Assessment that can be incorporated into information literacy instruction and learning objects.

Mar 11 2021
MISC Talk: Data Ethics during a Pandemic

Michael Zimmer, Marquette University, will discuss some ethical dilemmas faced by computer and data scientists in the current pandemic crisis.

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