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Ariel Segal (at center) and colleagues from around the world, including head of the Library of Congress Collections Digitization Division Tom Rieger (at right), at the Society for Imaging Science and Technology Archiving 2024 Conference at the National Archives celebrate after Segal's Hebrew Manuscripts presentation
Library of Congress Digitizes Rare Hebrew Manuscripts, Opening Centuries of Jewish History to the World
May 7, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonMLS alumnus Ariel Segal worked on the years-long project
ABC-7 News: University of Maryland Launches Interdisciplinary Institute on Artificial Intelligence (ft. Sheena Erete)
April 30, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Sheena Erete will become the Associate Director of Research at UMD’s new Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Ins …
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
(Credit: Tinnaporn Sathapornnanont/shutterstock)
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
