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UMD Ranked Nation’s No. 1 College for LGBTQ+ Students
August 16, 2023 | Allison Dickinson and Shantala Thompson | UMDCampus Pride, BestColleges.com Highlight Campus Climate, Student Safety, Support
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MLIS Student Leigh Amadi Dunewood Awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarship
August 8, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaThe esteemed scholarship program provides financial and professional opportunities to high-achieving students
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News Release: UMD MLIS Student Erin Ramos Receives Prestigious Inaugural Scholarship
July 27, 2023 | The Foundation for Baltimore County Public LibraryThe Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library announces first recipient of new scholarship.
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Tackling Childhood Literacy: A Grand Challenge
July 14, 2023 | INFO StaffAn institutional grant addresses skills that go beyond the classroom
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Lakeland Road near Rhode Island Avenue circa 1965. Photo courtesy of Lakeland Digital Archive
A Community Archive Preserves the History of a 130-year-old African American Community
July 10, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonLakeland is immortalized in digital form with help from MITH and INFO.
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Weighing in on the Federal Case Against Donald Trump (ft. Jason R. Baron)
June 22, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Professor of the Practice Jason R. Baron is interviewed by various news outlets regarding the Presidential Records Act.
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Two Deans, Two Future Gifts, One Mission
June 20, 2023 | UMD Office of Gift PlanningReflections on Curating the Past While Creating the Future at UMD: A fireside conversation with the Deans of INFO and Libraries.