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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
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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
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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
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(Video) INFO Professor Jonathan Lazar Gives Closing Keynote Speech About the Born-Accessible Model at the INTERACT Conference
December 5, 2023 | INFO StaffThe speech focuses on the born-accessible model for Software and Digital Content Development
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(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: Multimodal Human AI-Interaction
November 30, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO doctoral candidate gives a presentation about multimodal human AI-interaction and its applications to music education
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(Video) Subject Analysis: Centering Historical Lives in Contemporary Archives
November 29, 2023 | INFO StaffDorothy Berry discusses marginalized voices in contemporary archives during CAFe Speaker Series
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(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: The Impacts of Organizational Change and Professionalization on Curating Smithsonian’s Fossil Halls
November 28, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO assistant professor gives presentation about the interdisciplinary teamwork behind large-scale museum exhibits
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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: The Search for Knowledge—How Technology Changes Everything You Know (Literally) and How You Know Everything
November 28, 2023 | INFO StaffFree Range Research Scientist Dan Russell discusses how instant access to information has changed the way we think