Events - College of Information (INFO)

Events

  

Career Events 

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 12:00 pm - Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 1:30 pm

Jump Start Your Job Search For Graduating Seniors

Location: University Career Center, Multi-purpose Resource Room (3135) - Hornbake Library, South Wing

Open Houses/Info Sessions 

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 4:00 pm - Tuesday, May 5, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Graduate School Information Session(s)

Location: Virtual / Zoom EST

Open Houses/Info Sessions 

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 pm - Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - 1:00 pm

Virtual Information Sessions: Doctor of Information Science in Information Science Leadership and Community Engagement (D.Inf.Sci.)

Location: Virtual / Zoom EST

Career Events  Social Events  Student Events 

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Senior Day With The Career Center (Free Pins, Photos, Ice Cream!)

Location: Hornbake Plaza

Research Talks/Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

HCIL BBL Speaker Series: Building a Spatial and Embodied Workspace for Data-Driven Workflows: Immersive Visualizations and more

Speaker(s): Yalong Yang, Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech.

Location: In Person: HBK 2105 and Virtual

Student Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Thriving in Tech: Networking Alumni Panel

Location: HBK 2119

Social Events  Student Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

INFO SCI FI x Yana’s Treats

Location: ESJ (outside in front of the building)

Research Talks/Events  Student Events 

Friday, May 1, 2026 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

2026 Academic Showcase

Location: Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Community Events  Social Events 

Friday, May 1, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Fireside Chat with Apple & DEWALT Design Leader Eva Dixon

Speaker(s): Eva Dixon

Location: 📍 Thurgood Marshall Hall, Room 0301 — UMD College Park

Research Talks/Events 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Inaugural AIM Research & Learning Symposium

Speaker(s): Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow in Governance Studies, director of Center for Technology Innovation (CTI), co-editor of TechTank blog & podcast

Location: Stamp Student Union

Research Talks/Events 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Same Class, New Approach: Reimagining GenAI in Writing Assessments”

Speaker(s): Jason R. Baron, Professor of the Practice, College of Information; Elizabeth A. Pineo, Ph.D. Candidate, College of Information

Location: Zoom

Career Events  Community Events  Research Talks/Events  Social Events  Student Events 

Thursday, May 7, 2026 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

2026 Empowering Health & Technology Conference

Speaker(s): Tasha Cornish, Isaias Tesfalidet, Dr. Dhruti Patel, Teri Mumm, Dan Doggett, Deborah Wilson, Dennis Tran, Mustafa Rfat, Dr. Jessica A. Stansbury, Quisha Umemba, Teri Mumm, Dr. Yulin Hswen, Dr. LaKeisha L. Harris, Ph.D., Dr. Kimberly Poole-Sykes, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Obiageli Gertrude Nwachukwu, Dr. Hassanatu Blake, Omolola Adegbemileke, Varsha Erapogla, Bertille Ingrid Dago & Dr. Jinhee Kim

Location: Virtual / Zoom EST

Career Events  Student Events 

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

HirePhiladelphia Multi-University Alumni Career Fair

Location: Arts Ballroom, 1324 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Research Talks/Events 

Friday, May 15, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

OTTRS Speaker Series: “Accurate, Up-To-Date, and Shared Knowledge? A Human-Robot Team Cognition Framework”

Speaker(s): Susan J. Simkins, Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology; Director of Team Science for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI); Director, Teams, Cognition, and Time (TCaT) Lab

Location: Virtual

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