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WTOP News: Smarter Classrooms, Real Results: How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Education
October 10, 2025 | INFO StaffINFO's Charles Harry explores how AI transforms education, enhancing learning, student support, and ethical classroom practices
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(Video) AIP Foundation News: Guarding the History of Science: Jamila Hinds at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives
October 8, 2025 | INFO StaffMLIS student Jamila Hinds protects rare AIP archives and enhances public access in an effort to preserve scientific history
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(Video) Full Measure News: Psyops (ft. Jennifer Golbeck)
October 7, 2025 | INFO StaffINFO’s Jen Golbeck sheds light on how algorithms and bot networks fuel online radicalization and deepen social divisions
Members of the Marylanders Online team accept the 2025 Maryland Hispanic Leadership Empowerment Award
UMD’s “Marylanders Online” Initiative Receives Maryland Hispanic Leadership Empowerment Award
October 7, 2025 | Julie Slivka UMEThe UME and INFO College's initiative is recognized by the Daily Record for digital literacy impact
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GBH News: With AI Common on Campus, Some Educators Are Leaning in (ft. Katie Shilton)
September 3, 2025 | INFO StaffINFO’s Katie Shilton emphasizes AI tutors’ promise without replacing human teaching
From leveraging AI for pedestrian safety to creating better touchscreen kiosks, the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility brings together scientists across campus to transform existing and emerging tech for people with disabilities. (Illustration by iStock) Photo via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: Making Tech Accessible—With Benefits for All
August 20, 2025 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD | Karen Shih ’09INFO faculty lead groundbreaking research to make kiosks, PDFs, AI, and everyday technologies accessible for all
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Turning Hand-Planted Seeds into Data-Driven Harvests
August 13, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonAn iConsultancy partnership with Roots Africa helps the organization maximize their data
A UMD student became the first to digitize a little-known letter between Founding Fathers George Mason, left, and George Washington, while working as a digital archives fellow at Gunston Hall. Letters courtesy of the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall; portraits via Wikimedia Commons. Photo via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: A New Page in U.S. History
August 6, 2025 | Sala Levin | Maryland Today | UMDMLIS grad student, Nicholas Gentry, digitizes a forgotten 1768 letter between George Mason and George Washington
Led by the University of Maryland, TRAILS was launched in May 2023 with a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The institute is focused on developing, building and modeling participatory research that—over time—will increase trust in AI. Illustration courtesy of TRAILS. Image via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: $750K in Seed Grants Awarded by UMD-Led Coalition on Trustworthy AI
July 23, 2025 | Tom Ventsias | Maryland Today | UMDSix INFO faculty are among researchers awarded $750K+ in TRAILS funding to advance trustworthy, human-centered AI innovation