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Two UMSI students named Dow Sustainability Fellows

08/07/2019

The two UMSI students chosen as fellows this year are Saebom (April) Kwon and Joel Adu-Brimpong.

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Communication methods do not work equally across diverse teams

08/07/2019

Lionel Robert, associate professor at the U-M School of Information, and colleagues found that the kind of diversity matters when it comes to success of the communication method.

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Designing dream kitchens with augmented reality

08/07/2019

A new University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) project funded by Masco Cabinetry of Ann Arbor, Michigan aims to bring AR to kitchen renovation.

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Say hello to Jibo, the countertop robot

08/07/2019

Jibo, the first social robot for the home, made the cover of Time Magazine’s “25 Best Inventions of 2017” in November.

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Tuned in: Families and parenting in today's tech-saturated homes

08/07/2019

How technology affects today’s homes and families is the subject of a new UMSI grant, “Understanding Emerging Technologies in Domestic Contexts.”

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Crisis informatics skills get tested in dramatic simulation

08/07/2019

This lab class final puts students in the middle of a fictional crisis without their A-list of technologies to aid them.

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U-M, WCC will share programming course

08/07/2019

Faculty at the University of Michigan School of Information and Washtenaw Community College will collaborate on an open-source course with the goal of encouraging more students to consider a U-M Bachelor of Science in Information degree.

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HeartMob: A Response to Online Harassment

08/07/2019

Online harassment is now so common, nearly half of adult internet users have experienced it, according to Pew Research. So social media platform providers have taken formal measures to combat various forms of harassment.

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Actual reality: New graduate certificate in augmented/virtual/mixed reality

08/07/2019

Augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality. Once cutting edge and sci-fi, AR/VR/MR–or AVMR– is becoming business-as-usual.

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UMSI joins ArtsEngine as 5th academic unit

08/07/2019

The School of Information (UMSI) will join the University of Michigan’s ArtsEngine program, a national model for integrated curricular and co-curricular programming, as its fifth supporting academic unit.

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