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Emerging Voices: INFO’s Doctoral Scholars Shape the Future of LIS Education
January 6, 2026 | Laurie RobinsonFour PhD students are part of the 2025 cohort of ALISE Emerging Scholars
Kaush Ganesh, HCIM '20
Alumni Profile: The Human Firewall: Why Cybersecurity Needs UX
January 6, 2026 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of HCIM alum Kaush Ganesh
AI Coach Transforms Physical Therapy at Home
December 18, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonMD-based startup and INFO researchers are helping to solve the problem of compliance with physical therapy through a human-like AI coac …
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UMIACS: Building AI That Keeps Users Safe Across Cultures and Crises (ft. Vanessa Frias-Martinez)
December 15, 2025 | Melissa Brachfeld | UMIACSINFO Professor Vanessa Frías-Martínez helps build trustworthy AI systems that deliver guidance in high-stakes situations
UMD researchers and educators are working to improve AI and to understand how the technology is transforming the ways we teach, learn and prepare for an AI-driven world. (Illustration by iStock) via Maryland Today
Maryland Today: Spotlight on AI: UMD Transforms Every Stage of Education
November 4, 2025 | Maryland Today Staff | UMDINFO’s Wei Ai co-leads a UMD project using AI to enhance K–12 math instruction and teacher development
Chandler Colman ‘28 (left) and Samir Nazar ‘28 work on their final projects for “Knitting = Algorithms + Coding," one of 10 Maker Movement Approach to Computing classes offered this fall. The one-credit courses are designed to make it easier for students of all majors to learn about computing. (Photos by Dylan Singleton)
Maryland Today: Courses Bring Comfort to Learning Computing
October 23, 2025 | Karen Shih ’09 | Maryland TodayINFO faculty bridge creativity and computing, teaching hands-on AI, coding, and design through the Maker Movement at Maryland
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Building Trust in AI, One Block at a Time
October 23, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA unique partnership is closing the digital divide by creating community-led AI literacy programs for underserved youth and families
Assistant Professor Stephanie Valencia² (center) shows the Spoken app, a commercial AAC tool to help users of speech-generating devices. Photo by Craig Taylor.
The AI That Tells a Joke With You
October 20, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonNew research explores how AI can help speech-generating device users reclaim timely, humorous comments —without losing their own voic …
Press Release: MONET Paints the Way to New Opportunities: University of Maryland Extension and College of Information Launch Digital Navigator Curriculum & Training
October 10, 2025 | Julie Slivka | University of Maryland ExtensionUniversity of Maryland Extension and INFO launch digital navigator curriculum and training