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Three honorable mention papers, two teams of finalists in the Student Design Competition, and one faculty member being inducted into the CHI Academy highlight the School of Information’s participation in the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI) conference.

As the leader of the global Drupal Security Team, Michael Hess, UMSI adjunct lecturer and U-M solution architect lead, participated in an interactive presentation on Drupal vulnerabilities during the Security Professionals Conference 2017.

Sun Young Park, assistant professor in the School of Information and the Stamps School of Art and Design, recently received an NSF grant to investigate and develop best practices for pediatric patients to be active partners in the management of their chronic conditions at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

UMSI Professor Christian Sandvig has long studied and spoken against the unintended repercussions of algorithmic decision-making, whereby certain groups of people are discriminated against or overlooked.

UMSI assistant professors Steven Oney, Michael Nebelingand Sun Young Park comprise one of four research teams chosen to receive a $200,000 pilot grant from the  University of Michigan's Exercise & Sport Science Initiative (ESSI).

UMSI assistant professor Tawanna Dillahunt has received a $154,925 National Science Foundation grant titled “EAGER: Identifying Technical and Non-technical Feature Requirements to Generate Income-Earning Opportunities for Inexperienced Entrepreneurs.”