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CID project inspires home sharing in Northwestern Michigan

08/07/2019

Two northern Michigan cities have a new tool to help address the shortage of affordable housing, thanks to a group of students at the University of Michigan School of Information.

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UMSI student projects envision the campus of the future

08/07/2019

Four UMSI student projects are among the finalists in the Campus of the Future design competition, part of the Fall Festival celebration of the University of Michigan Bicentennial year.

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Facilitating Cancer Centers in Sharing Data, Improving Treatment

08/07/2019

Electronic health records (EHRs) shared between cancer centers greatly help advance cancer treatment. But current search engine software enabling the sharing of physicians’ clinical notes can be improved.

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Nobody reads privacy policies – here’s how to fix that

08/07/2019

People are confronted with terms of service agreements and privacy policies all the time. Regulations requiring these notices aim to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions, but current privacy policies miss the mark.

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Florian Schaub presents privacy research at CCC Symposium

08/07/2019

Florian Schaub has become an expert in privacy policies and privacy controls: what they are like today, why they don’t work, and how to fix them.

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New library management MOOC series fills educational gap

08/07/2019

A new massive-open online course (MOOC) series offered by the University of Michigan will provide advanced training in management to public librarians, many of whom say they have to learn most of those skills on the job.

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A new model for training tomorrow’s librarians

08/07/2019

In today’s tech-savvy times, libraries have morphed into multi-faceted information centers. It makes sense that librarians reflect this transformation.

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UMSI celebrates U-M Bicentennial with information symposium

08/07/2019

Tech leaders highlight UMSI Bicentennial Information Symposium

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Driven: Study Will Employ Teamwork to Support Ride-Sharing Drivers in China

08/07/2019

Explaining why driver-related problems occur, and how to alleviate them, is the mission of a new University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) study, “DiDi: Improving Driver Performance Through Team Competition.”

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Mark Ackerman receives lifetime achievement award

08/07/2019

UMSI professor Mark Ackerman received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work in Sheffield, England.

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