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UMD College of Information (INFO) Celebrates New Name with Invitation to Partner in Transforming Lives Through Information

College Park, MD – This fall, the College of Information (INFO) at the University of Maryland is kicking off a 2024 celebration of its new name, the “College of Information.” Formerly the College of Information Studies, this new name reflects the growing breadth of the college’s impact in research and education. We live in the age…

The Diversity of Transatlantic Stakeholders’ Privacy Perceptions

Jessica Vitak | Leah von der Heyde | Zothan Mawii January 26, 2023

Social Data Science Major to Debut in February

Beginning Feb. 7, University of Maryland undergraduates will be able to select a social data science major to learn the fundamentals of the in-demand field. Developed by the College of Information Studies (iSchool) and College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS), the major will equip graduates with the skills needed to appropriately collect, analyze and interpret data about people—an increasingly popular…

Global Trends of Mask Usage in 19 Million Adults

October 12, 2020 By Ting-Hsuan Chang1, Elena Badillo Goicoechea1, Elizabeth Stuart1, Esther Kim2, Katherine Morris2, Sarah LaRocca2, Curtiss Cobb2, Xiaoyi Deng3, Samantha Chiu3, Adrianne Bradford3,Frauke Kreuter3,4 [The Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey is a partnership between The University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon University, and Facebook Data for Good. Data represented in the map are…