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"To Die For" A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes By Rosie Grant
MLIS Alumni Spotlight: CBS News: “To Die For”: Beloved Recipes Etched in Stone (ft Rosie Grant ’22)
December 3, 2025 | INFO StaffMLIS alum Rosie Grant uncovers and preserves gravestone recipes, showing how cherished dishes keep loved ones’ memories alive across …

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WTOP News: Maryland Students Work to Preserve a Unique Bit of Animal History About Greenbelt (ft. Eric Hung)
November 21, 2025 | INFO StaffGuided by Professor Eric Hung, UMD INFO students digitize and share Greenbelt’s surprising pet history with the community

Credit: AIP Foundation / Niels Bohr Library & Archives
(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

Lauren Schirle, MIM '19
Alumni Profile: From Archives to Analytics: How a MIM Alum’s Unconventional Path Shapes Fintech Innovation
September 5, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of MIM alum Lauren Schirle

Douglas Oard, a noted expert in information retrieval, has been at the University of Maryland since 1996 and has been an active member of UMIACS since 1998.
UMIACS: New Interim Dean Maintains Strong Ties to UMIACS
August 27, 2025 | UMD | UMIACS StaffDouglas Oard, longtime INFO professor, named interim dean, emphasizes INFO–UMIACS collaboration driving interdisciplinary research

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

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AIP Foundation News: Preserving Science Through Storytelling: MLIS Student Supports Audiovisual History at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives
June 5, 2025 | INFO StaffMLIS student Jamila Hinds helps preserve and inventory decades of STEM media at NBLA
