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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 | UMD

INFO’s Wei Ai co-leads a UMD project using AI to enhance K–12 math instruction and teacher development

Two male students are seated at a table in a classroom. The student in the foreground, wearing a dark baseball cap, is smiling while knitting with red yarn. The student seated behind him is also smiling and watching.

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 Today

INFO faculty bridge creativity and computing, teaching hands-on AI, coding, and design through the Maker Movement at Maryland

A student wearing a virtual reality headset stands in front of a chalkboard covered with coding notes, while another student in the foreground types on a laptop during a classroom technology activity.

Photo licensed by Adobe Stock via InfiniteFlow

Building Trust in AI, One Block at a Time

October 23, 2025 | Laurie Robinson

A unique partnership is closing the digital divide by creating community-led AI literacy programs for underserved youth and families

A person demonstrates an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app on a tablet while two others observe, one smiling and wearing a red shirt with a name tag. The interaction appears to take place at a research or technology event.

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 Robinson

New 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 Extension

University of Maryland Extension and INFO launch digital navigator curriculum and training

Lauren Schirle, MIM '19

Alumni Profile: From Archives to Analytics: How a MIM Alum’s Unconventional Path Shapes Fintech Innovation

September 5, 2025 | Laurie Robinson

A profile of MIM alum Lauren Schirle

Nabintta Blé, InfoSci '18

Alumni Profile: The Creative Journey of Nabintta Blé

September 5, 2025 | Laurie Robinson

An InfoSci alum profile

A robotic hand reaches upward as a graduation cap with a tassel floats above it against a teal background.

Photo licensed by Adobe Stock via Ekaterina

GBH News: With AI Common on Campus, Some Educators Are Leaning in (ft. Katie Shilton)

September 3, 2025 | INFO Staff

INFO’s Katie Shilton emphasizes AI tutors’ promise without replacing human teaching

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 Staff

Douglas Oard, longtime INFO professor, named interim dean, emphasizes INFO–UMIACS collaboration driving interdisciplinary research