2022 UMSI Student Project Exposition award recipients announced
Students earned awards in categories including innovation and entrepreneurship, community engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Lindtner: An inside look at the Shanghai COVID lockdown
For two years, Shanghai was a model example of how to manage life during a pandemic. That changed in March. Silvia Lindtner describes life in lockdown in China’s largest and most cosmopolitan city.
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Doug Fridsma to speak at 2022 commencement
Dr. Doug Fridsma, an expert in health informatics and health information technology, will be the 2022 UMSI commencement speaker.
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Nicole Ellison named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Nicole Ellison was named the new editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
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Julie Darling on finding your niche and cultivating a lifetime of learning
2005 Master of Science in Information graduate Julie Darling is inspiring the next generation of innovators by bringing her makerspace expertise to A2 STEAM, a K-8 school that utilizes project-based learning for instruction.
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Dillahunt: Developing technology with, not for, communities
Tawanna Dillahunt was a guest on the Microsoft Research podcast to talk about the promises and challenges of building technology with, rather than for, society.
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Schoenebeck: An edit button for tweets raises a number of issues
In WIRED, Sarita Schoenebeck highlights the issues and solutions surrounding the creation of a Twitter edit button.
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Ackerman: Can HCI help build a democratic internet?
Mark Ackerman talks to Connected World about how HCI could help build a democratic internet for all.
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MADS students and faculty build thriving online community
Online degree programs don’t have to be lonely. Students and faculty in the University of Michigan School of Information’s fully online Master of Applied Data Science have built a supportive network centered on open communication and collaboration.
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How can I pay for that? Researchers seek technology solutions to provide real-time health care costs and affordability resources for US patients
U-M researchers uncover the barriers that both patients and healthcare providers face in understanding healthcare costs. New informatics technology could provide more cost transparency, sooner.
