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UMSI students are using information science to share collections globally in 3D.

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Aayana Anand is using information science to mitigate health disparities across communities.

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UMSI students are using information science to design a new future for U-M’s historical library.

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Jiaxin Pei is using information science to help AI reflect more diverse viewpoints.

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UMSI team’s XR classroom tool takes top prize in campus-wide James A. Kelly Learning Lever competition

The annual competition challenges University of Michigan students to invent tools with the potential to significantly improve student learning. 

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Industry Insights: Meet author and AI leader John Thompson

Thompson wrote the book on what’s coming next in artificial intelligence. In his course at UMSI, he’s preparing students to do what he loves most: use data to drive change. 

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UMSI Research. Repairing Trust in Robots?: A Meta-analysis of HRI Trust Repair Studies with a No-Repair Condition. Connor Esterwood, PhD Candidate. Lionel Robert, Professor.
Study finds robots struggle to repair broken human trust

New research by UMSI PhD candidate Connor Esterwood finds that when robots mess up, saying ‘sorry’ to humans helps, but only a little. 

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