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Professor of Information Sile O’Modhrain uses the Codex, a refreshable braille display, to edit audio in a studio at the U-M School of Music, Theater and Dance.

From sound to touch: How Sile O’Modhrain designs accessible futures through her research, teaching and entrepreneurship

05/15/2026

Spanning haptics, AI and music, O’Modhrain’s work is grounded in a lifelong mission to make complex information accessible. 

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New book from UMSI faculty. A Dialogue of the Senses. A comprehensive introduction to embodied cognition for designers of interactive artifacts, systems and environments. umsi.info/news.

New book by Sile O’Modhrain explores how the human body shapes interaction design experiences

04/14/2026

“A Dialogue of the Senses” reframes perception as a multimodal, embodied experience for designers of interactive systems. 

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UMSI at CHI 2026. April 13-17 2026. Barcelona, Spain. umsi.info/news

More than 50 UMSI researchers to present at CHI 2026 in Barcelona, Spain

04/10/2026

UMSI research and workshops for the 2026 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).

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UMSI Research Roundup. Coordinating Chaos. Clickbait. Political Identification. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. Block M. UMSI.

Coordinating Chaos | Clickbait | Political identification: UMSI Research Roundup

09/18/2025

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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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 Research Roundup. Virtual Reality. Health Insurance. Screenshots. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Virtual Reality | Health Insurance | Screenshots: UMSI Research Roundup

12/03/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Honorable Mention. 2024 James T. Neubacher Award. Sile O'Modhrain. Professor.

Sile O’Modhrain earns honorable mention for the U-M James T. Neubacher Award

11/12/2024

The award celebrates faculty, staff, students or alumni of U-M for work that empowers people with disabilities and advocates for disability rights. 

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UMSI research roundup. UMSI researchers at the 2024 ASIS&T & ASSETS conferences. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

2024 ASIS&T and ASSETS conferences: UMSI Research Roundup

10/22/2024

UMSI research and workshops for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, as well as the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Automated Driving. Natural Disasters. Memory Work. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Automated Driving | Natural Disasters | Memory work: UMSI Research Roundup

09/24/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Newly promoted UMSI faculty. Barbara Ericson. Patricia Garcia. Eric Gilbert. Erin Krupka. Sile O'Modhrain. Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck.

UMSI faculty promotions receive Board of Regents approval

05/17/2024

Six University of Michigan School of Information faculty promotions were approved at the May 16, 2024 meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. 

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