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How Emerging Technologies are Crafting New Worlds and Revolutionizing Learning
March 6, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonResearch with KidsTeam and local neighborhoods examines how youth use emerging technologies like AI and VR
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GEOG and INFO College Celebrate Sergii Skakun’s Promotion to Associate Professor
March 1, 2024 | UMD GEOG StaffThe Department of Geographical Sciences and the College of Information Studies (INFO College) gathered last week to celebrate the promo …
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Eight Members of the UMD INFO College Receive “Do Good Innovator Awards”
February 29, 2024 | INFO StaffBestowed by the Provost for innovation, service, and social impact
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CBS News: The Differences Between the Trump and Biden Documents Cases (ft. Jason R. Baron)
February 23, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jason R. Baron comments on Biden records case
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Shaking Up the Archives: Computational Archival Science Accelerates Historical Research and Digital Readiness
February 20, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonEducators train the next generation of archivists in this interdisciplinary field
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MD Today: Kids’ Unboxing Videos on TikTok May Be Revealing Much More. You Can Help. (ft. Jessica Vitak, Tamara Clegg, and Mega Subramaniam)
February 20, 2024 | Maggie Haslam | UMDExpert offers five tips to protect youth privacy
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MD Today: Accolades: Faculty and Staff Awards and Honors (ft. Ido Sivan-Sevilla and Gregg Vanderheiden)
February 20, 2024 |A Roundup of Recent Accomplishments
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AP News: Meta’s Enforcement of Manipulated Media Policies (ft. Jen Golbeck)
February 16, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck comments on online misinformation
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UMIACS: Vanessa Frias-Martinez Part of UMD Effort to Reduce Food Insecurity and Waste
February 15, 2024 | UMIACS StaffFoodLoops app aims to redistribute surplus food