DO&IT News

April 24, 2013
Educating the Masses in a “Massive” Way

Henry “Hank” Lucas, Smith School professor of information systems, is taking on a new challenge: educating 10,000 students on surviving disruptive technologies — all at once.

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April 7, 2013
Smith Business Close-Up: Maryland’s Massive Online Open Courses

Thursday, April 4, 2013, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 7, 2013, 7:30 a.m.

The digital age has changed education, including making it easier than ever to make content available to the masses through free online courses. These Massive Online Open Courses – MOOCs – are a growing trend in education and University of Maryland is part of the movement.

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March 29, 2013
Disaster Management Software Meets Sandy Challenge, Ready for Next Crisis

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March 15, 2013
Passings: Saul Gass, Pioneer in Operations Research

Professor Emeritus Saul Irving Gass passed away on March 17, 2013.

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February 24, 2013
Smith Business Close-Up: More Airlines Mergers Ahead?

Feb. 21, 2013; Feb. 24, 2013

American Airlines and US Airways are said to be ironing out the details of a merger that would create the world’s largest carrier. What could a deal mean for the industry, airports and passengers?

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February 12, 2013
U.S. Airways-American Merger to Spur Robust Competition, Better Customer Service: UMD-Smith Expert

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Improved customer service driven by robust competition lies ahead of the new U.S. Airways-American Airlines merger, says Michael Ball, a University of Maryland expert on transportation systems and airport operations.

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January 28, 2013
NSF Awards Gao a CAREER Grant for Research on Quality Transparency in Healthcare

A Smith professor’s research proposal on how to improve quality transparency in healthcare and inform consumer choice has won a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation.

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November 13, 2012
Ritu Agarwal to E-Chat with Global Audience Nov. 14

Ritu Agarwal, founder and director of the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems and professor and the Dean’s Chair of Information Systems, will discuss her recent study, “The Benefits of Combining Data with Empathy,” in an e-chat hosted by All Analytics, an online community

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October 23, 2012
Smith’s CSVC Staging College Park Sustainability Jam Nov. 2-4
UMD One of Three U.S. Sites in ’48 Hours to Save the World’ Effort

After a 2011 launch from 40 sites worldwide, the Global Sustainability Jam debuts for prospective participants in the greater Washington region, thanks to the Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) in the Robert H.

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October 1, 2012
Smith-CHIDS Hosts Research Summit to Accelerate Health IT Diffusion

College Park, Md. - Oct. 1, 2012 - Leading researchers representing 40 institutions worldwide will present and discuss their work in the third Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) on Friday and Saturday, Oct.

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