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News Release: UMD Launches Step-by-Step Guides for Maryland Residents to Navigate Online Government Services
May 22, 2024 | UMD StaffFrom getting a driver’s license to filing taxes to applying for SNAP food benefits
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UMD Graduate Students Attend Google Cloud Next ‘24 Conference in Las Vegas
May 7, 2024 | Maia JohnstonA look into two graduate students’ experience learning about the latest technological advancements and the future of AI
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UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence
April 2, 2024 | UMD INFO Staff14 INFO faculty members are to be honored at the 2024 UMD Research Excellence Celebration
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Inaugural digital literacy training for trainers at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore
Partnering with Enoch Pratt—and Beyond
March 7, 2024 | Julie Slivka | UMD ExtensionUMD Extension and the INFO College partner to bring digital literacy to all Marylanders
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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
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UME Tech Extension Educators, from left to right: Keri Grant, Blaise Brennan, Shelita Jackson, Maria Barga, Naimani Staley, Program Manager Vishnypriya Desai, and Aziz Hurtado Olson.
News Release: Resources, Connections, and Bridging the Digital Divide Together: The 2023 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit
November 27, 2023 | Julie Slivka | UMERecapping the inaugural Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit on November 9, 2023
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Five Ways to Reimagine Smart Growth
November 2, 2023 | Andrew FellowsEnvisioning neighborhoods that range from micro-economies to climate-crisis-adaptive