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Health Care Barriers: Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health in Maternity Care

July 17, 2023 | Olivia Borgula

A Q&A with INFO Associate Professor Amelia Gibson

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Tackling Childhood Literacy: A Grand Challenge

July 14, 2023 | INFO Staff

An institutional grant addresses skills that go beyond the classroom

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Five Projects Awarded the Inaugural SoDa Seed Grant

July 12, 2023 | Info Staff

Funding provided to projects that seek to solve social media misinformation, vulnerable community infrastructure, and racial injustice

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Maryland Today: Why Is Everyone Joining Threads? (ft. Jen Golbeck)

July 11, 2023 | MD Today Staff

Twitter’s new rival surges despite snags - a UMD social media expert explains why

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Library Journal: ALA Approves New Library Service Standards for the Incarcerated or Detained (ft. Victoria Van Hyning)

July 10, 2023 | INFO Staff

INFO Assistant Professor Victoria Van Hyning was among the group who oversaw the revision.

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IEEE Spectrum: A Wearable Robotic Assistant That’s All Over You (ft. Ge Gao)

June 30, 2023 | CMNS Staff

Calico is a little robot that can zip around your clothing to help you out.

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New App to Empower Baltimoreans to Advocate for Better Public Transit

June 29, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

INFO and BSOS are working on a toolkit to help determine the pain points Baltimoreans experience on their commutes.

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Researchers Use Deep Learning, VHR Satellite Imagery to Map Artillery Craters in Eastern Ukraine

June 29, 2023 | GEOG Department

INFO Assistant Professor Sergii Skakun examines detecting and mapping artillery craters in Eastern Ukraine.