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It isn’t always cheating: Sometimes, artificial intelligence offers a learning lifeline

06/16/2025

UMSI researchers are reimagining AI as an education partner. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Focus on AI. Literacy, emotional Intimacy. Gender Role Congruity. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Focus on AI: AI Literacy | Emotional Intimacy | Gender Role Congruity

06/09/2025

UMSI research on artificial intelligence. 

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UMSI at CHI 2025. 26 April to - 1 May 2025. Yokohama, Japan. umsi.info/news.

UMSI at CHI 2025: Research, workshops, courses

04/21/2025

UMSI research and workshops for the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).

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UMSI at CHI 2025. UMSI researchers: 2 Best Paper Awards. 7 Honorable Mentions. umsi.info/news.

UMSI researchers recognized with best paper and honorable mention awards at 2025 CHI conference

04/21/2025

The awards recognize outstanding research in the field of human-computer interaction.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Focus on AI. Robot Power, Emotion AI, Superchats. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Robot Power | Emotion AI | Superchats: AI in Focus

03/28/2025

UMSI research on artificial intelligence. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Safe Online Communities. Intersectional Ageism. Check out UMSI and PhD student publications.

Safe Online Communities | Intersectional Ageism: AI in Focus

03/03/2025

UMSI research on artificial intelligence. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Toxicity on Social Media. Affirmative Action. Collective Memory. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Toxicity on Social Media | Affirmative Action | Collective Memory: UMSI Research Roundup

02/24/2025

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Barbara Ericson, Assistant Professor. Mark Guzdial, Professor. 2025 Visiting Erskine Fellows.

Barbara Ericson and Mark Guzdial named Visiting Erskine Fellows at the University of Canterbury

01/15/2025

The fellowship brings distinguished international academics to lecture at the New Zealand university. Ericson and Guzdial are looking forward to working with students and sharing innovations and teaching practices developed at U-M.

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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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UMSI News.

Ashley Zhang and Steve Oney earn Best Paper award at the 2024 Learning @ Scale Conference

08/06/2024

Zhang and Oney’s paper proposes a new system for instructors teaching introductory programming courses. 

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