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UMD Professor Says College Athletes Will Need to Learn to Manage Brands Before Profiting off Their Likeness
Associate Professor Tamara Clegg discusses the challenges associated with college athletes profiting off their names, images, and li …
University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, and Facebook Team Up to Forecast Coronavirus Spread
Data shared by 30M+ Facebook users world-wide will enable earlier detection of COVID-19 outbreaks, help communities to prepare, inform …
UMD iSchool @ the ACM’s 2020 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
UMD iSchool's Dr. Jessica Vitak discusses the college's robust participation in the ACM's prestigious CSCW 2020 Conference.
PhD Student Spotlight: Xiaoyun Huang
Xiaoyun is currently exploring how people present themselves across their social media ecosystems and what factors could influence the …
Social Media’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Social media has been a tool for boosting civic engagement, but also a vehicle for surprisingly convincing fake news and videos.
SchoolCEO: Crash Course Q&As: Dr. Jen Golbeck
To bring your district together online, Jen Golbeck suggests creating a safe space, setting guidelines and rules, gaining participation …
University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook
Initial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’
