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Study: Wellness influencers on Twitter more likely to oppose COVID-19 vaccination

12/23/2024

A new study by UMSI lecturer Elle O’Brien and assistant professor Paramveer Dhillon reveals that wellness influencers show higher rates of vaccine opposition on social media than other accounts.

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Assistant professor brings improv to UMSI

10/30/2024

With Gabriela Marcu leading the charge, UMSI faculty are going on stage in the name of democracy. “The world is on fire. We all work very hard. What I wanted to create was an opportunity to share in something fun.”

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UMSI News, Awards & Honors: October 2024

10/09/2024

UMSI researchers are recognized nationally and internationally for their outstanding work. Check out recent accomplishments from Elle O’Brien, Paul Green and Melissa Levine.

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Research meets improv comedy at Gabriela Marcu’s newest initiative

09/24/2024

Blending academic research and improv comedy, Extra Credit will explore complex subjects through humor and play.

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UMSI News, Awards & Honors: June 2024

06/04/2024

UMSI researchers are recognized nationally and internationally for their outstanding work. Read about their recent accomplishments.

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UMSI Awards & Honors: March 2024

03/26/2024

UMSI researchers are recognized nationally and internationally for their outstanding work. Read about their recent accomplishments.

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UMSI research roundup. Tour guide robots, lonely data science. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Tour-guide robots | Lonely data science: UMSI Research Roundup

02/29/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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Elle O’Brien awarded Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize

04/28/2022

Each year, the U-M Provost awards a handful of faculty a Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP). UMSI’s Elle O’Brien received an award for her incorporation of Slack standups and creation of a clever way to foster engagement in large classes.

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Elle O’Brien awarded Sloan Foundation grant for machine learning research

03/17/2022

UMSI lecturer and research investigator Elle O'Brien was awarded a grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for her research on understanding barriers to machine learning.

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Master of Applied Data Science team’s deep dive into successful cryptocurrency exchange strategies

01/11/2022

Well-established practice exists for trading traditional foreign currencies. Can those same ideas be applied in the cryptocurrency space? UMSI MADS graduates Nicholas Miller, Timothy Chen and Sophie Deng used data science and machine learning techniques to find out.

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