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From opera stage manager to superstar librarian: 4 questions with UMSI clinical professor Kristin Fontichiaro

02/19/2024

Fontichiaro shares her love of opera, her path to the field of information and how school and public libraries are changing in the midst of a growing parental rights movement in America.

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Quoted by Copper Beacon. Clinical Professor Kristin Fontichiaro. Libraries protect our right to choose what we read.

Fontichiaro: Majority of Americans do not want books banned

03/29/2023

UMSI clinical professor Kristin Fontichiaro talks about local book banning efforts and what it means for libraries, communities and librarians.

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5 information experts look at where the trends are taking us

02/21/2023

Experts at the University of Michigan School of Information share trends they’re seeing in the information world and what they could mean for the rest of us.

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"2022-2023 Faculty Awards Recipients" Headshots of Kentaro Toyama, Melissa Chalmers, Cliff Lampe, and Kristin Fontichiaro.

UMSI faculty awards recognize excellence in instruction, service and community engagement

09/21/2022

Four UMSI faculty members were recognized for their outstanding work in instruction, service and community engagement.

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Fontichiaro: Banning books and defunding public libraries indicates an unhealthy democracy

09/12/2022

Information literacy expert Kristin Fontichiaro talks about the recent defunding and book banning in Michigan’s public libraries.

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Fontichiaro: Exploring digital wellness with kids and parents

05/11/2022

Clinical professor Kristin Fontichiaro joined the Michigan Minds podcast to share insight on the May 14 U-M Digital Wellness Symposium, which welcomes 6-8th grade children and their parents or caregivers to learn and talk about healthy online behaviors.

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Fontichiaro: We’re seeing a collision between data and politics during COVID-19

06/25/2021

Clinical associate professor Kristin Fontichiaro was quoted in a DBusiness article about the system failure of senior care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Faculty Promotion Graphic: Sophia Brueckner, Sun Young Park, Grant Schoeneback, Vinod Vydiswaran, Kristin Fontichiaro

UMSI faculty promotions receive Board of Regents approval

05/21/2021

Sophia Brueckner, Sun Young Park, Grant Schoenebeck and Vinod Vydiswaran will be promoted from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure, and Kristin Fontichiaro was promoted to Clinical Professor.

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The unintended consequence of online schooling: Loss of cultural values

03/24/2021

Kristin Fontichiaro, clinical associate professor at UMSI, explains how bringing the classroom into the home via videoconference has tested the parent-teacher-school dynamic.

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