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The University of Michigan School of Information creates and shares knowledge so that people will use information — with technology — to build a better world.

Ann Arbor, MI

Joined December 2008

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 27

Where there’s a library, there’s a way — and this grad plans to be right there helping. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Georgina Christine Broyles! Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025 #MGoGrad #UMSI25

umsi's tweet image. Where there’s a library, there’s a way — and this grad plans to be right there helping. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Georgina Christine Broyles!

Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025
#MGoGrad #UMSI25

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 25

MSI student Dallas McGhee-Henry is prototyping possibility. 🚀 In a self-led summer internship, he’s advancing his own venture: Under-Imagined Futures, a creative production company uplifting Afrofuturistic stories. 🌱 His advice for fellow founders? Take care of yourself, too.

umsi's tweet image. MSI student Dallas McGhee-Henry is prototyping possibility. 🚀
In a self-led summer internship, he’s advancing his own venture: Under-Imagined Futures, a creative production company uplifting Afrofuturistic stories.
🌱 His advice for fellow founders? Take care of yourself, too.

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School of Information@umsi · 7 h

UMSI is pleased to announce the oral defense of Ben Zefeng Zhang, “Infrastructuring Data Values: An Ethnography of AI Production, Labor, and Data Marketplaces in the Chinese Datafied State.” 🔗 myumi.ch/g3rw4 All are welcome to attend online from noon-2 p.m. EDT on…

umsi's tweet image. UMSI is pleased to announce the oral defense of Ben Zefeng Zhang, “Infrastructuring Data Values: An Ethnography of AI Production, Labor, and Data Marketplaces in the Chinese Datafied State.” 🔗 myumi.ch/g3rw4
All are welcome to attend online from noon-2 p.m. EDT on…

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 25

A love for information = a spark lighting the way toward a better world. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Umme Nuzhat Tanjil Jahan! Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025 #MGoGrad #UMSI25

umsi's tweet image. A love for information = a spark lighting the way toward a better world. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Umme Nuzhat Tanjil Jahan!

Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025
#MGoGrad #UMSI25

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 23

UMSI grads are putting the "spec" in "spectacular." 🎓👏 Congratulations, Rachana Gone! Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025 #MGoGrad #UMSI25

umsi's tweet image. UMSI grads are putting the "spec" in "spectacular." 🎓👏 Congratulations, Rachana Gone!

Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025
#MGoGrad #UMSI25

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 23

Enter Be.FM, one of the first AI systems built specifically to anticipate, simulate and reason about human actions. 🧠 ⚙️ UMSI researchers unveil the new model, detailing its specialized training and range of emerging capabilities: myumi.ch/mRXAN

umsi's tweet image. Enter Be.FM, one of the first AI systems built specifically to anticipate, simulate and reason about human actions. 🧠 ⚙️
UMSI researchers unveil the new model, detailing its specialized training and range of emerging capabilities: myumi.ch/mRXAN

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 21

When Yelp added a “Black-owned” tag in 2020, Black-owned restaurants in Detroit got a boost in visibility ... and a dip in ratings. This study looks at what happens when digital interventions collide with real-world bias. myumi.ch/qZQke

umsi's tweet image. When Yelp added a “Black-owned” tag in 2020, Black-owned restaurants in Detroit got a boost in visibility ... and a dip in ratings.
This study looks at what happens when digital interventions collide with real-world bias. myumi.ch/qZQke

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 21

Graduation isn't goodbye ... the community is for keeps. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Austin Book! Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025 #MGoGrad #UMSI25

umsi's tweet image. Graduation isn't goodbye ... the community is for keeps. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Austin Book!

Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025
#MGoGrad #UMSI25

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 19

Two intertwining fields, one glowing path forward. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Yi-Chun Rita Wang! Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025 #MGoGrad #UMSI25

umsi's tweet image. Two intertwining fields, one glowing path forward. 🎓👏 Congratulations, Yi-Chun Rita Wang!

Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025
#MGoGrad #UMSI25

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 18

Haobo Zhang’s first paper as a UMSI student, headed to the 63rd Annual @aclmeeting, tackles a key challenge in LLM development: How can we merge multiple task-specific models into a single multitask model — without sacrificing performance? 📑✨ myumi.ch/Z27EP

umsi's tweet image. Haobo Zhang’s first paper as a UMSI student, headed to the 63rd Annual @aclmeeting, tackles a key challenge in LLM development:
How can we merge multiple task-specific models into a single multitask model — without sacrificing performance? 📑✨ myumi.ch/Z27EP

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 18

BSI student Lily Steinmetz is on a roll 🛞🔥 This summer, she’s putting her UMSI skills to work at @RadioFlyer as a design researcher — play testing, gathering insights and driving product design. Check out her intern spotlight story!👇 #SummerIntern #ProductDesign

umsi's tweet image. BSI student Lily Steinmetz is on a roll 🛞🔥 This summer, she’s putting her UMSI skills to work at @RadioFlyer as a design researcher — play testing, gathering insights and driving product design. Check out her intern spotlight story!👇 #SummerIntern #ProductDesign

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 17

Congratulations, Dr. Singh! 🎉 UMSI’s Anubha Singh successfully defended her dissertation, “Governing Onions: Between the Forms and Fantasies of Designing the Future of Agriculture in India.” 👏 @AnubhaUsha

umsi's tweet image. Congratulations, Dr. Singh! 🎉 UMSI’s Anubha Singh successfully defended her dissertation, “Governing Onions: Between the Forms and Fantasies of Designing the Future of Agriculture in India.” 👏
@AnubhaUsha

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 16

That's what we call squad goals. 🎓👏 Congratulations, MiKayla LaRai Adams! Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025 #MGoGrad #UMSI25

umsi's tweet image. That's what we call squad goals. 🎓👏 Congratulations, MiKayla LaRai Adams!

Visit UMSI’s 2025 graduation archive to view graduate profiles and our commencement photo gallery: umsi.info/graduation2025
#MGoGrad #UMSI25

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 16

“Dedication, devotion, and faithfulness to archives and the archival profession.” 👏 UMSI’s David Wallace has been named a 2025 Fellow of the Society of American Archivists — the SAA’s highest honor. 🔗 myumi.ch/A146j @archivists_org

umsi's tweet image. “Dedication, devotion, and faithfulness to archives and the archival profession.”
👏 UMSI’s David Wallace has been named a 2025 Fellow of the Society of American Archivists — the SAA’s highest honor.
🔗 myumi.ch/A146j
@archivists_org

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 16

Congratulations, Dr. Huber! 🎉 UMSI’s Linda Huber successfully defended her dissertation, “Computing Care: Governing U.S. Healthcare Through Markets and Data.” Huber will soon join @swarthmore as a postdoctoral fellow in social justice & technology.👏

umsi's tweet image. Congratulations, Dr. Huber! 🎉 UMSI’s Linda Huber successfully defended her dissertation, “Computing Care: Governing U.S. Healthcare Through Markets and Data.”
Huber will soon join @swarthmore as a postdoctoral fellow in social justice &amp; technology.👏

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 15

Congratulations, Dr. Alharbi! 🎉 UMSI’s Rahaf Alharbi successfully defended her dissertation, “Reimagining Privacy and Transparency in Visual Assistance Technologies With Blind People.” 👏

umsi's tweet image. Congratulations, Dr. Alharbi! 🎉 UMSI’s Rahaf Alharbi successfully defended her dissertation, “Reimagining Privacy and Transparency in Visual Assistance Technologies With Blind People.” 👏

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School of Information@umsi · Jul 14

How does identity shape how we perceive consent? New research from UMSI’s Hanna Hoover and Erin Krupka shows students judge identical sexual scenarios differently based on the race, gender and sexual orientation of the people involved. Same actions. Different norms. Read more:…

umsi's tweet image. How does identity shape how we perceive consent?
New research from UMSI’s Hanna Hoover and Erin Krupka shows students judge identical sexual scenarios differently based on the race, gender and sexual orientation of the people involved.
Same actions. Different norms.
Read more:…

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