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Alison Haynes graduated with a master's degree in User Experience Design and stepped right into a job as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Compliance Coordinator on the Systems Development and Innovation team at Kent State.
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A team of Kent State faculty along with a pediatrician from Akron Children's Hospital have created a language identification tool to help in improving healthcare outcomes.
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The School of Information at Â鶹´«Ã½ announces Meghan Harper, Ph.D., has been named Interim Director as of July 1.
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The School of Information (iSchool) at Â鶹´«Ã½ announced the appointment of Kendra Albright, Ph.D., to the Goodyear Endowed Professor in Knowledge Management.
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The information professions have publicly stated values of diversity and equity, which we must continue to strengthen. We must acknowledge that there is more to do.
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This year's graduating iSchool students completed their courses successfully and with grace under pressure in a year like no other.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for online, virtual healthcare, and iSchool graduate Brent Hicks, M.S. '19, has been at the forefront at the Cleveland Clinic.
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As individuals consume and spread an alarming amount of news during COVID-19, the threat of misinformation is heightened. Emeritus Professor Thomas J. Froehlich, an expert on misinformation in the public sphere, offer contexts about what we're seeing unfold.
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Thomas J. Froehlich, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the School of Information at Â鶹´«Ã½. He has published extensively about ethical considerations in information professions. Dr. Froehlich teaches and publishes extensively on misinformation in the public sphere,…
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Communication has shaped the way the world has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. This fall 2020, Kent State is offering a new course that will examine risk communication through the lens of pandemics and other global crises. “Communicating Risk: Global Pandemics and Crises.â€