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Meredith Broussard’s presentation for her book relating to AI and bias

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On March 27, 2024, Meredith Broussard, data journalist and associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, gave a presentation at the University of Michigan-Flint regarding the focus of her recent book More Than A Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (2024). The book focuses on the

IST: Examining the Societal Impact of Technology

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Daba Coura Mbow Jacob Lederman, associate professor of sociology, is the driving force behind the newly established Institute for Society and Technology (IST) at the University of Michigan-Flint.  IST emerged from a discussion during the pandemic about the growing relationship between technology and society. Lederman, with a deep-rooted curiosity about the relationship between changes in