School of Information
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December 22, 2022
Journal editors, reviewers don’t show bias against novelty
Scientific journals are likely to accept papers that provide new findings compared with studies reporting conventional results, which is contrary to long-standing concerns about publication biases.
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December 7, 2022
School of Information adds graduates to free tuition program
The School of Information is now offering free graduate school tuition in two programs for full-time students who were awarded the Go Blue Guarantee grant as undergraduates.
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November 21, 2022
Advisory committee named for School of Information dean search
Provost Laurie K. McCauley has named a 14-member advisory committee to assist the search for the next dean of the School of Information.
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November 3, 2022
LearningClues revolutionizes how students learn from lectures
LearningClues, which resulted from an interdisciplinary effort that combines artificial intelligence with natural language processing to deliver study guides on demand, is revolutionizing how college students absorb lectures.
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October 17, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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October 13, 2022
U-M partners with Google to offer job-ready tech skills program
A new flexible online training program on data science will prepare job-seekers in Michigan and beyond to quickly enter one of the fastest-growing labor markets and advance their careers.
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August 3, 2022
Elizabeth Yakel to serve as interim School of Information dean
Elizabeth Yakel, the C. Olivia Frost Collegiate Professor of Information and senior associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Information, will be the school’s interim dean starting Aug. 15.
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July 7, 2022
Finholt recommended as vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs
Provost Laurie McCauley is recommending Thomas A. Finholt, dean of the School of Information, be appointed the next vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs.
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May 5, 2022
Mentioning ‘white privilege’ increases online polarization
If there’s an online discussion about race, using the term “white privilege” can create a polarized situation, U-M researchers say.
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April 28, 2022
Anyone can be a cyberbully, new U-M study shows
People who have high premeditated or impulsive aggressive tendencies online are likely to cyberbully others, according to a new study by researchers from the School of Information and the Law School.
