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1st Paper Friday. Haobo Zhang. PhD Student. Unraveling LoRA Interference: Orthogonal Subspaces for Robust Model Merging. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.

First Paper Friday: Haobo Zhang

07/11/2025

Zhang’s first paper as a UMSI PhD student tackles a major challenge in large language model efficiency. 

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Fewer women amplify their scientific voices online

07/09/2025

A new paper from UMSI researchers Daniel Romero and Misha Teplitskiy finds that women are about 28% less likely than men to promote their scientific papers on X (formerly Twitter). 

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David Wallace. UMSI clinical associate professor. 2025 Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.

David Wallace named 2025 Fellow of the Society of American Archivists

07/07/2025

The fellowship is the highest honor one can receive at the Society of American Archivists and demonstrates Wallace’s commitment to the archival profession.

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UMSI Research. Different Norms of Sexual Activity and Consent Seeking Among College Students: Social Identity and Statistical Discrimination." Hanna Hoover, Lecturer. Erin Krupka, Professor.

When identity shapes the norm: How college students perceive consent and social appropriateness

07/07/2025

New research by UMSI lecturer and research investigator Hanna Hoover and UMSI professor Erin Krupka reveals how social identity and statistical discrimination affect perceptions of sexual behavior on college campuses. 

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Marginalized Americans are highly skeptical of artificial intelligence

07/02/2025

A new UMSI study finds that gender minorities, women and disabled individuals—especially those who are neurodivergent or living with mental health conditions—hold significantly more negative attitudes toward AI than their majority-group peers.

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Side-by-side headshots of Nikhil Sharma and Darren Dworkin

Leaders in human-centered tech join UMSI Advisory Board

07/01/2025

Nikhil Sharma (PhD ’10) and Darren Dworkin, respected leaders in UX and health care technology, are ready to help shape the next generation of innovators. 

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A graphic that shows shiny metallic people running along tracks of different lengths, the two longest being a yellow track that reads "data analytics" and a blue track that reads "artificial intelligence"

MADS program launches new AI and Data Analytics concentrations

06/30/2025

Master of Applied Data Science students now have the opportunity to specialize in two high-demand areas, giving them a competitive edge as they build their careers.

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Assistant Professor Matt Bui was featured in The Conversation. "Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings." A headshot of Matt Bui.

Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings

06/30/2025

UMSI assistant professor Matt Bui's study on Yelp's impact of Black owned businesses in Detroit is featured in The Conversation.

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Quoted by Communications of the ACM. Lecturer Merve Hickok. The rise of the AI-enabled agentic internet.

Hickok: AI agents raise new ethical questions

06/24/2025

UMSI lecturer Merve Hickok discusses how autonomous AI systems could create unintended risks. 

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Awards and Honors. Erin Krupka. Exceptional Achievement Award. Economic Science Association. Yan Chen Distinguished Service Award. Economic Science Association.

Erin Krupka and Yan Chen earn prestigious awards from the Economic Science Association

06/24/2025

Krupka earned the ESA Prize for Exceptional Achievement and Chen earned the Distinguished Service Award. 

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