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UMD INFO Faculty and Students Lead Presentations at the 2024 ALA LibLearnX Conference
January 18, 2024 | INFO StaffLibrary practitioners, leaders, and researchers from around the country will gather at this annual event

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