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Terp Magazine: The Secrets to Social Success (ft. Jen Golbeck)
Students Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class
Frias-Martinez Joins UMD Effort Focused on Food and Nutrition Security
The multidisciplinary team received a $750K NSF grant to address the challenges of food security in Maryland.
UMD Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Pretrial Detention in Criminal Cases Across MD
According to lead investigator, Dr. Zubin Jelveh, there is still a gap in understanding how decisions are made about who should be deta …
Project Aims to Convey Big Data With Sound and Touch
NSF-Funded Research Would Expand Employment, Education Opportunities for Blind Data Users.
Congratulations to the Fall 2022 INFO College Scholarship Recipients
17 students from across programs have been recognized for excellence in their work and studies.

A farmer tends crops in Uganda, an area where bias in AI algorithms monitoring global crop health might misinterpret data due to a lack of knowledge of local growing methods. Photo by Nuno Almeida, Dreamstime.com
UMD Co-leads $750K NSF, Amazon Project to Tackle AI Bias in Mapping
INFO College's Dr. Sergii Skakun will play a key role in building the system that could enable fairer, safer decisions on resource dist …

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iSchool Admits First Student to New Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Program
Students can now graduate with a B.S. in Information Science and a M.S. in Library and Information Science in just five years.
