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Data, Death, and What Comes Next
April 30, 2024 | Katie ShiltonA scholar outlines how to respect the digital traces the dead leave behind
Francena Bean-Waters of Baltimore and Tech Extension Educator Blaise Brennan '18 share a high-five after working through a smartphone operation question together. Below, Brennan explains the basics of phones and the internet as part of a class sponsored by the Marylanders Online program. Photos by John T. Consoli
Maryland Today: UMD, State Combine to Get ‘Marylanders Online’
April 25, 2024 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD$6M Program Provides Digital Access, Literacy From Baltimore to Rural Areas
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Discover Magazine: What Does The Future of Natural History Museums Look Like? (ft. Diana Marsh)
April 23, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Diana Marsh contextualizes the history of museums in the modern world
Roots Africa photo by Edwin Remsberg; Bitcamp photo by John T. Consoli; Public Art photo by David Andrews
Maryland Today: $460K Awarded to Faculty, Staff, Students From New Do Good Campus Fund (ft. Galina Reitz)
April 22, 2024 | Kaitlin Ahmad | Do Good Institute | UMDInaugural grant recipients’ projects span campus, extend into local, state, global communities
Illustration by Zainab Noor Shamim
Integrating Robots in Homes to Support Autistic Youth
April 18, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonA TRAILS pilot study looks at how families can use AI robotic animal companions in support services for autistic children
Maryland Today: New Teaching Innovation Grants to Support Surge of Educational Tech (ft. Caro Williams-Pierce)
April 18, 2024 | Annie Krakower | Maryland TodayAwards for 24 Projects Fund Use of AI, Gamification, and More in the Classroom
NPR News: The Future of TikTok in the United States (ft. Jen Golbeck)
April 17, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck discusses TikTok data collection with NPR
MD Today: Website Help for the Helpers
April 12, 2024 | Lucy Hubbard | Maryland Today | UMDStudents create custom software for nonprofits, sponsored by the INFO College
ACM: Community Is Critical Too
April 12, 2024 | Tamara CleggLeveraging community to broaden the faces, places, and interlaces of computing.