News: Faculty & Staff
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Remembering David S. Baugh (August 19, 1977 – June 1, 2023), UMD INFO Director of IT & Facilities, Interim Assistant Dean
June 6, 2023 | INFO StaffDavid was a leader in IT and operations at the University of Maryland for over 20 years.
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Parkdale High School Students and UMD Team Up to Mitigate Local Flooding
June 5, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA new partnership between INFO and ARCH will educate youth in critical data science and help them become environmental stewards.
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Public News Service: AI-Powered Phone Scams Target Seniors (ft. Katie Shilton)
June 5, 2023 | INFO StaffConsumer education on phone scams is the best way to keep seniors protected.
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Accessibility Barriers: The Challenges Blind and Low-Vision People Face in Using Personal Health Tech
June 5, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA Q&A with INFO Associate Professor Eun Kyoung Choe
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NBC’s 11th Hour: Surgeon General Warns About Teens on Social Media (ft. Jen Golbeck)
June 2, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffProfessor Jen Golbeck joins a panel of guests on the 11th Hour to address social media’s influence on young people's mental health.
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Dr. Charles Harry
INFO College’s Charles Harry Granted Patent for Innovative Cybersecurity Risk Modeling Platform
May 23, 2023 | UMD SPP StaffThe TAPESTRY model allows one to explore risk in specific subsections of an organization or at the macro level.
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Maryland Today: When a Cat Video Elicits More Than Warm Fuzzies (ft. Susannah Paletz)
May 10, 2023 | Maggie Haslam | UMDResearchers Look at Human Responses to ‘Cuteness’ in Social Media
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UMD Leads New $20M NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society
May 4, 2023 | UMD StaffThe institute will take a holistic approach, integrating broader participation in AI design, new technology development, and more infor …
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Cracking the Privacy Code: Navigating the Condor Dataset while Safeguarding User Identities
April 28, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA Q&A with INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain