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Practices and initiatives aimed at ensuring equal opportunities, creating an inclusive environment within the technology industry and limiting algorthmic bias that impacts race relations and policing.

Featured by Michigan Public. Assistant Professor Patricia Garcia. How are algorithms impacting our lives?

Patricia Garcia wants you to understand how algorithms affect your life

04/18/2024

Garcia discusses the decisions “low-tech algorithms” are making for us and helps “Stateside” listeners better understand what algorithms are. 

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UMSI news written in bold letters with a backdrop of a building.

Shadowbanning: Some marginalized social media users believe their content is suppressed

04/15/2024

A new study by UMSI assistant professor Oliver Haimson looks at the impact of shadowbanning on social media users. 

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Robin Brewer stands with both her arms at her hips, wearing a sweater and smiling into the camera.

Brewer: “We don’t think about older adults enough as a society.”

03/04/2024

UMSI assistant professor Robin Brewer talks about her research on aging and disability and how to design more accessible technology. 

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UMSI Research. "From Information Poverty to Information Deficit: An Intersectional Analysis of Women of Color's News Information-Seeking Habits in the Digital Age." Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin.

Faculty Research Highlight: Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin

02/29/2024

Peterson-Salahuddin’s new paper examines the role of media institutions in marginalizing women of color and their access to news information in the digital age. 

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Allison He stands outside of North Quad, posing with her hands on her hips

First-gen students on putting their passions first

10/30/2023

Here are the stories of three first-generation college students at UMSI and the unexpected places their passions have led them.

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Community college students touring the U-M campus make the Michigan “M” by posing as different parts of the letter in front of the Huetwell Visitors Center.

Summer outreach programs inspire students to make and break the mold

08/18/2023

We look back on a summer of fun with information — from molding thermoplastics to designing hygiene apps — as UMSI introduced local students to possibilities in the field.

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Megan Threats

Faculty Q&A: Megan Threats on communities and health justice

07/12/2023

Threats’ research focuses on empowering minoritized communities and helping them better access healthcare services.

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Quoted by USA Today. Assistant Professor Oliver Haimson. 'Hugely damaging': Most Americans are being harassed online when using Facebook, Twitter and Reddit’

Haimson: LGBTQ people are especially vulnerable to online harassment

06/30/2023

Haimson says online hate speech can be “especially difficult” for youth attempting to explore their identity and find community.

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Quoted by The New York Times. Assistant professor Oliver Haimson. Gen Z is over being real.

Haimson: It’s not easy being real online

04/13/2023

UMSI assistant professor Oliver Haimson discusses why the popularity of a social media app, BeReal, is waning among Gen Z.

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Quoted by Them. Assistant professor Oliver Haimson. After two weeks, Elon Musk's Twitter is already in a right-wing death spiral.

Haimson: Trans people face disproportionate harassment on Twitter

11/14/2022

University of Michigan School of Information assistant professor Oliver Haimson is featured in an article about Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition and the consequences of Twitter’s lack of content moderation for trans communities.

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