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UMD Rises in U.S. News’ Rankings of National Universities

September 18, 2023 | Maryland Today Staff

Maryland Is No. 19 Among Public Schools, Jumps Nine Spots in Overall Rating

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News Release: Research Team Wins $1.5M NSF Grant to Leverage Machine Learning to Assess Mathematics Lesson Plan Quality in the Middle Grades

August 31, 2023 | Charleen Wilcox | University of Washington College of Education

Dr. Wei Ai of the UMD INFO College is a co-PI on this groundbreaking project

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UMD Ranked Nation’s No. 1 College for LGBTQ+ Students

August 16, 2023 | Allison Dickinson and Shantala Thompson | UMD

Campus Pride, BestColleges.com Highlight Campus Climate, Student Safety, Support

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News Release: Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches

July 21, 2023 | INFO Staff

Led by the UMD INFO College, MIDA aims to change technology design to include disability communities as equal partners, proactively bui …

Accessibility Barriers: The Challenges Blind and Low-Vision People Face in Using Personal Health Tech

June 5, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

A Q&A with INFO Associate Professor Eun Kyoung Choe

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INFO College’s Charles Harry Granted Patent for Innovative Cybersecurity Risk Modeling Platform

May 23, 2023 | UMD SPP Staff

The TAPESTRY model allows one to explore risk in specific subsections of an organization or at the macro level.

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UMD Leads New $20M NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society

May 4, 2023 | UMD Staff

The institute will take a holistic approach, integrating broader participation in AI design, new technology development, and more infor …

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ARLIS Researchers Find a Way to Measure the “Cute” Factor on Social Media Content (ft. Susannah Paletz)

April 13, 2023 | UMD ARLIS Staff

Social media measurements are key to Susannah Paletz's project funded by the Minerva Research Initiative and the Office of Naval Resear …

INFO Commons, a dynamic new student space planned for Hornbake, will offer flexible spaces, labs, and other amenities dedicated to exploring information technology. (Rendering courtesy of Ayers Saint Gross)

Maryland Today: Anything but Common

March 31, 2023 | Maggie Haslam | UMD

Information, Tech and Community Unite in College’s New Hornbake Space