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Capturing How Blind Pedestrians Navigate Their Environments to Expand Accessibility
January 28, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonResearchers created a motion dataset to train autonomous vehicles on how blind individuals move
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PROGRESS Issues First-Ever Grants to Advance Innovation in Gun Violence Research
January 16, 2025 | BSOS Staff | UMDUMD's PROGRESS Initiative funds groundbreaking research projects tackling gun violence with innovation and collaboration
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News Release: A rising trend of ‘murderous verbs’ in movies over 50 years (ft. Babak Fotouhi)
January 2, 2025 | Jeff Grabmeier | Ohio State NewsStudy finds all types of movies contain more violence
Maryland Today: AIM Seed Award Program to Support AI-Related Research and Course Development
December 11, 2024 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD$1.3M Available for Interdisciplinary Work Focused on Responsible, Ethical AI Development
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AICollaboratory Launches HERITAGE–AI Initiative with Major Grant
December 11, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonThis IMLS-funded project aims to revolutionize how users engage with library and archival collections
Breaking New Ground: A Strategic Approach to Cyber Defense
December 6, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonUMD researchers created a tool that allows county governments to assess their cybersecurity risks and make adjustments
American Libraries Magazine: Serving New Neighbors (by Ana Ndumu)
November 25, 2024 | Ana NdumuResources for embracing immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
Casilda Luna, second from right, in conversation with a group in Washington, DC's Columbia Heights neighborhood, ca. 1970s. (Photo from Black Mosaic Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum)
Our Black Mosaic Podcast: A Love Letter to Afro-Latine Youth
November 7, 2024 | Manuel Duran MendezUMD INFO PhD student Manuel Mendez chronicles Black Latine lived experience in the DC area
Rie Kamikubo, PhD Student working with Hernisa Kacorri at the UMD College of Information, Presenting at ASSETS 2024 Conference
UMD MIDA Researchers Play Major Role at ASSETS Conference
November 7, 2024 | Silvana Montañola | UMD Office of the Vice President for ResearchUniversity of Maryland faculty and students provide leadership and research insights at international technology accessibility research …