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#flu search on a computer screen

Social media data could transform public health, new book says

Nov. 9, 2017

Search the hash tag “flu” on Twitter and you’ll find a free-flowing stream of comments from people across the country. In 140 characters or fewer, they offer threads of information about their symptoms, how long they’ve been sick, whether they received a flu shot, and more. While these tweets may...

Kim Christiansen

CMCI alumni return to campus for Homecoming 2017

Oct. 31, 2017

Last week, CMCI welcomed home more than 100 alumni as part of the university’s homecoming celebration.

Career Fair

Five things to do before CMCI career fair

Sept. 26, 2017

The CMCI fall career fair will be on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in room 235 of the University Memorial Center. Here are five preparation tips.

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Information Science's Casey Fiesler part of $3 million grant

Sept. 11, 2017

The assistant professor will explore big-data legalities as part of a multicenter National Science Foundation grant announced this month.

Faculty Now: Summer/Fall 2017

July 10, 2017

Faculty updates

2016 INFO Showcase

Information Science students to present work at INFO Showcase

April 18, 2017

After a full semester of hard work, students from across all Information Science courses will present their projects and research at the annual Information Science Showcase . Students will display work on topics including: interaction design, information visualization, computational reasoning, ubiquitous computing and more. The event will be held on...

Announcing CMCI's Graduate Student Association

Jan. 17, 2017

The graduate student body of CMCI has officially formed a student association to support the needs of CMCI graduate students.

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Center for Environmental Journalism seeking 2017-2018 fellows

Jan. 3, 2017

Each year, five exceptional journalists are awarded a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism. Applications are now being accepted for the 2017-2018 fellowship.

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CMCI joins newly created Google News Lab University Network

Dec. 2, 2016

Professors and students are about to get a new level of support when using Google apps in their work. CMCI is part of the newly created Google News Lab University Network.

Leysia Palen

Leysia Palen discusses the data of disasters in top scientific journal

July 15, 2016

Palen, Chair of the Department of Information Science, published a policy article in the journal "Science" discussing the challenges and promises of using social media data to study disasters.

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