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Researcher Helps Create Big Data ‘Early Alarm’ for Ukraine Abuses

System Analyzes Millions of Tweets Daily to Quickly Pinpoint Atrocities, Refugee Flows

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A Twin-Twin Situation in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Working Side by Side at UMD, Quynh and Thu Nguyen Use Big Data, Technology to Study Health Disparities

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Optimizing Facebook Notifications Pumped Up Blood Donations

Machine Learning Researchers’ Algorithm Could Help Increase Global Supply of a Precious Resource

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Social Data Science Major to Debut in February

New B.S. Degree Program to Teach Students How to Collect, Analyze Data for Fast-Growing Fields

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Pivoting to a New Pandemic Pain Point

Alum’s Vaccine Hunter Group Now Finds COVID-19 Tests

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Global COVID-19 Survey by UMD, Facebook Earns Likes

Survey Launched at Pandemic’s Onset Proves It Can Function as Early Warning System for Changes in Outbreaks

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Five Things You Never Knew About Cemeteries

MLIS Student and TikTok Star Shares Fun Facts and Viral Videos

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Study: Anti-Black Racism Fell—Temporarily—Following Floyd’s Killing

UMD Researchers Studied Millions of Tweets for Evidence of Bias

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Well-versed in the Metaverse

UMD Social Media Expert Explains Why Facebook and Others Want to Create an Alternate, Online World

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A Cicada Postmortem: What We’re Learning From Brood X

Giant Insects Provided New Perspective on Impact of Climate Change, the Effects of Social Media and More

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Returning a Favor via Social Media Could Drive Healthier Habits, UMD Research Shows

Study Participants Were More Likely to Exercise to Help a Friend Than Themselves

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Can Machine Learning See Suicide Risk in Social Media Posts?

A UMD Researcher Dives Into the Data to Improve Mental Health Care

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