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Robin Brewer smiling and wearing a sweater and scarf.

Robin Brewer named one of ten scientists “on the cusp of changing the world” by Popular Science

12/12/2023

“I’m really an advocate for more aging-first and disability-first approaches to research and design,” Brewer says.

Quoted by WUNC North Carolina Public Radio. Assistant professor Barbara Ericson. NC students must study computer science to graduate under new law.

Ericson: A new law in North Carolina is going to be difficult to implement for educators

12/07/2023

School systems in North Carolina are rushing to get teachers trained and ready to teach computer science courses before a new law goes into effect.

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Quoted by BridgeDetroit. Lecturer III James Rampton. Michigan Central is collecting.a lot of data. Can we trust it?

Rampton: Information transparency is critical in increasing public trust

12/07/2023

UMSI lecturer James Rampton spoke with BridgeDetroit about Michigan Central’s new Digital Trust for Places and Routines standard.

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A year of ChatGPT: U-M experts available to comment

11/30/2023

A year after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, UMSI experts are available to comment on the impacts of the technology.

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Quoted by Wired. Associate professor Joyojeet Pal. YouTube and Reels could decide India's elections.

Pal: Social media influencers are playing a big role in India’s upcoming election

11/30/2023

For Wired, UMSI associate professor Joyojeet Pal highlights the political power social media influencers are leveraging in India.

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Quoted by Science. Associate professor Eytan Adar. As scientists read flood of papers, AI developers aim to help.

Adar: Can AI research assistants help scientists read a barrage of papers? The results are mixed

11/29/2023

UMSI associate professor Eytan Adar talks with Science about the potential opportunities and pitfalls of new technologies aimed at assisting scientists.

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Featured in The Screens Podcast. Lecturer III James Rampton.

Jim Rampton featured on The Screens Podcast

11/29/2023

UMSI lecturer James Rampton talks automotive UX, the future of cars in the U.S and the push for electric vehicles.

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Quoted by The New York Times. Doctoral Student Megan Brown. How bad is antisemitism online? It's increasingly hard to know.

Brown: Lack of data making it difficult to assess the impact of social media platforms on society

11/22/2023

UMSI doctoral student Megan Brown discusses the difficulties of analyzing online hate speech as social media platforms limit access to their data.

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Quoted by Business Insider. Doctoral student Kat Roemmich. The creepy AI-driven surveillance that may be infiltrating your workplace.

Roemmich: Emotion AI is being used to surveil workers. What does it mean for you?

11/22/2023

UMSI doctoral student Kat Roemmich discusses the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace and privacy concerns with Business Insider.

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Quoted by Salon. Associate professor Libby Hemphill. Extremism scholars say TV news normalizing Trump's threats.

Hemphill: We need to call out violent rhetoric or we risk extremism

11/14/2023

Becoming accustomed to inflammatory remarks could have downstream risks, says UMSI associate professor Libby Hemphill. “If we don’t call out rhetoric as extreme, we risk making it normal and acceptable.”

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