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Ron Eglash earns OVPR anti-racism grant

09/13/2024

Eglash, together with Stamps professor Audrey Bennett, will use artificial intelligence to build bridges between African artisans and Detroit’s Black fabricators. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Cannabis Use, TikTok Social Drama. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

Cannabis use | TikTok social drama: UMSI Research Roundup

08/28/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Office of the Provost 2024 University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor. Ron Eglash. Professor.

UMSI professor Ron Eglash appointed University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor

07/31/2024

The appointment honors faculty who have demonstrated exceptional contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion through research, teaching and service.

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UMSI Research Roundup. What are you doing, TikTok? | Dragons made of seaweed. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

What are you doing, TikTok? | Dragons made of seaweed: UMSI Research Roundup

03/26/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. TikTok, Media Storms, Algorithms. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Media Storms | TikTok | Algorithms: UMSI Research Roundup

01/29/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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"Quoted by Science News, Professor Ron Eglash, Non-western art and design can reveal alternate ways of thinking about math, UMSI logo, umsi.info/news, photo of Ron Eglash"

Eglash: Contemporary math often excludes non-Western ideas

10/09/2023

UMSI professor Ron Eglash is an expert in ethnomathematics. He tells Science News, “There is a relationship between the geometric meaning and the social meaning.”

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Ron Eglash holds a bead necklace in front of the job's tears plant.

Connecting the world, one bead at a time

09/11/2023

UMSI professor Ron Eglash partnered with the African Bead Museum and the Stamps School of Art and Design to create a greenhouse lush with plants from Africa.

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UMSI research roundup. Wildfires, privacy and digital health. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Wildfires, Privacy and Digital Health: UMSI Research Roundup

08/21/2023

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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A digital illustration of a building made of white material with fractal designs carved into every surface. The building has multiple towers that are irregular shapes. It is evening and the building is lit from within.

Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities of art and design

08/11/2023

UMSI professor Ron Eglash and Stamps School of Art & Design professor Audrey G. Bennett wrote a piece for "The Conversation" about heritage algorithms.

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Social Media, Bias and POPQUORN. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Social media, bias and POPQUORN: UMSI Research Roundup

07/05/2023

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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