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BodyVis Receives CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention

Leyla Norooz, Matt Mauriello, Anita Jorgensen, Brenna McNally, and Jon Froehlich earned a CHI 2015 best paper honorable mention for their paper “BodyVis: A New Approach to Body Learning Through Wearable Sensing and Visualization.”

Jen Golbeck Wins Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Jen Golbeck won the 2015 USM Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

June Ahn on Kojo Nnamdi Show

June Ahn was a guest speaker on the Kojo Nnamdi Show‘s Tech Tuesday Technology and Education episode.

Jessica Vitak’s Research Featured in The Atlantic

Jessica Vitak’s research on Facebook and relationship maintenance was mentioned in The Atlantic article “How Real Are Facebook Friendships?“

Nick Diakopoulos featured in Research@Maryland newsletter

New HCIL Professor, Nick Diakopoulos’s research was featured in the Research@Maryland newsletter. 

KidsTeam featured in Pearson’s online blog

KidsTeam featured in Pearson’s online blog. Research & Innovation Network, “Meet the Learners at the Center of KidsTeam.”

Jen Golbeck Selected for TED Talks’ “Year in Ideas”

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 named 2014 ACM Distinguished Scientist

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 Cited in Health365

Jessica Vitak’s research was cited in the Health365 article “Is social media bad for your mental health?“

“Every AlgoRiThm Has ART In It” Featured in The Diamondback

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.”