When information becomes a matter of life or death or is key to navigating economic uncertainty, it appears people turn to tried and true sources of information rather than iffy sites.

UMSI assistant professor Alain Cohn’s research on “Civic Honesty Around the World” has received the 2020 Diligentia Prize from Germany’s Diligentia Foundation for Empirical Research.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with a new way to measure educational success by looking at the total effect of the many traits and abilities it takes for students to be successful in school. 

Three studies conducted by researchers from the Security Privacy Interaction Lab (spilab) at UMSI will be presented at the Federal Trade Commission’s annual PrivacyCon.

UMSI expresses strong disagreement with the temporary policy announced July 6 by the Department of Homeland Security, to restrict the educational opportunities for international students. 

Six UMSI faculty promotions were approved at the May 2020 meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents and went into effect on July 1.

Applications are now open for the winter cohort of UMSI’s online Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) program.

The project will focus on research to inform the public conversation on current issues in technology policy, including free expression online and the scale and power of digital platforms.

Nominations have opened for the 9th annual UMSI Outstanding Staff Recognition Award.

The University of Michigan plans to offer a public health-informed in-residence semester this fall.