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New Tool Can Help Audit Pretrial Detainment Decisions in Maryland, UMD Study Shows (ft. Zubin Jelveh)
January 10, 2024 | UMD BSOS StaffUMD BSOS + INFO faculty are determining how to make criminal justice more "just"

(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Newspapers and the Lynching Story: Discoveries, Distortions, and Erasure, 1789-1963
January 9, 2024 | INFO StaffAssociate professor with UMD’s journalism college discusses research about lynching and news coverage

A New Way to Make Digital Technology Accessible to All
December 20, 2023 | UMD EDUC StaffA Q&A on the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA), ft. Gulnoza Yakubova (EDUC)

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(Video) Maryland Today: Information Warfare’s Secret Weapon: Kittens (ft. Susannah Paletz)
December 11, 2023 | Maryland Today Staff | UMDResearch on social media sharing reveals the potential dangers of cuteness

Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy
December 7, 2023 | Olivia Borgula & INFO StaffFunded by UMD Grand Challenge Grants, INFO is playing an integral role in these initiatives

Alonzo Davis poses for a portrait during a student symposium held on Nov. 20, 2023, at the Driskell Center. (Cecilia Clemens Vargas Lugo/The Diamondback)
Diamondback: UMD Archive Gives Students a Look Into Life, Work of Artist Alonzo Davis (ft. Eric Hung and MLIS Students)
December 5, 2023 | Cecilia Clemens Vargas Lugo | DiamondbackMLIS students from the UMD College of Information share the life and work of renowned artist Alonzo Davis

UME Tech Extension Educators, from left to right: Keri Grant, Blaise Brennan, Shelita Jackson, Maria Barga, Naimani Staley, Program Manager Vishnypriya Desai, and Aziz Hurtado Olson.
News Release: Resources, Connections, and Bridging the Digital Divide Together: The 2023 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit
November 27, 2023 | Julie Slivka | UMERecapping the inaugural Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit on November 9, 2023