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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Search and the News”
Dr. Daniel Trielli discusses how search engines impact news, media bias, and journalism’s future in the digital age

Instead of regulators playing catch-up, AI developers could help create safer systems if market-based incentives were put in place, UMD researchers say. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Research Sends AI Safety to Market (ft. Abdirisak Mohamed)
INFO’s Abdirisak Mohamed joins UMD researchers in designing a market-driven approach to AI safety

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(Video) Driving Economic Growth: UMD Task Force Explores AI’s Role in Job Creation for Prince George’s County
INFO's Keith Marzullo and Vanessa Frias-Martinez play key roles in AI-driven initiatives to drive economic growth Prince George’s Cou …

A UMD-led multidisciplinary team is developing a large-scale, open-source dataset for AI model training tools focused on K–12 math education that aims to increase accuracy and representation in educational AI systems. Photo by Adobe Stock.
Maryland Today: UMD Researchers to Build AI Database to Improve Math Learning Outcomes (ft. Wei Ai)
Project Funded by $4.5M Philanthropic Grant Aims to Help Teachers, Students, Researcher and Edtech Industry

The American flag waves in the breeze beside the NC State Memorial Belltower. At LAS, teams of industry, academic and government partners work side-by-side to enhance intelligence analysis through innovative technology. (Roger Winstead/NC State University)
The Laboratory for Analytic Science at NC State University: LAS Announces 2025 Collaborators (ft. Cody Buntain)
Seventeen faculty from 11 universities, including INFO's Cody Buntain, and three companies will lead LAS research projects this year

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Capturing How Blind Pedestrians Navigate Their Environments to Expand Accessibility
Researchers created a motion dataset to train autonomous vehicles on how blind individuals move

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PROGRESS Issues First-Ever Grants to Advance Innovation in Gun Violence Research
UMD's PROGRESS Initiative funds groundbreaking research projects tackling gun violence with innovation and collaboration
