June Ahn was a guest speaker on the Kojo Nnamdi Show‘s Tech Tuesday Technology and Education episode.
June Ahn was a guest speaker on the Kojo Nnamdi Show‘s Tech Tuesday Technology and Education episode.
Jessica Vitak’s research on Facebook and relationship maintenance was mentioned in The Atlantic article “How Real Are Facebook Friendships?“
New HCIL Professor, Nick Diakopoulos’s research was featured in the Research@Maryland newsletter.
KidsTeam featured in Pearson’s online blog. Research & Innovation Network, “Meet the Learners at the Center of KidsTeam.”
Jen Golbeck’s TED Talk, “The Curly Fry Conundrum: Why social media ‘likes’ say more than you might think“, was selected for TED’s Year in Ideas: TED Talks in 2014.
Allison Druin was named a 2014 ACM Distinguished Scientist for making “a significant impact in the field of computing, computer science, and/or information technology.”
Jessica Vitak’s research was cited in the Health365 article “Is social media bad for your mental health?“
Ben Shneiderman’s TreeMap exhibit Every AlgoRiThm Has ART In It, which opened on October 16th at the National Academy of Sciences’ Keck Center, was featured in The Diamonback‘s article, “Viewing the world from a new plane.”
Jen Golbeck’s Psychology Today article “Facebook Makes the Heart Grow Fonder” discusses Jessica Vitak’s research on Facebook and relationship maintenance.
Leyla Norooz’s work on BodyVis at the HCIL Hackerspace was described in the Terp Magazine article “A Hackerspace, from A to Tee.”