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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.”