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Maryland Today: $460K Awarded to Faculty, Staff, Students From New Do Good Campus Fund (ft. Galina Reitz)
April 22, 2024 | Kaitlin Ahmad | Do Good Institute | UMDInaugural grant recipients’ projects span campus, extend into local, state, global communities
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Integrating Robots in Homes to Support Autistic Youth
April 18, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonA TRAILS pilot study looks at how families can use AI robotic animal companions in support services for autistic children
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Maryland Today: New Teaching Innovation Grants to Support Surge of Educational Tech (ft. Caro Williams-Pierce)
April 18, 2024 | Annie Krakower | Maryland TodayAwards for 24 Projects Fund Use of AI, Gamification, and More in the Classroom
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NPR News: The Future of TikTok in the United States (ft. Jen Golbeck)
April 17, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck discusses TikTok data collection with NPR
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Democratizing Information: Volunteer Transcribers Enable Access to Cultural Heritage Materials
April 16, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonCrowdsourced transcriptions are making historical documents more accessible for those who use screen readers
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MD Today: Website Help for the Helpers
April 12, 2024 | Lucy Hubbard | Maryland Today | UMDStudents create custom software for nonprofits, sponsored by the INFO College
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ACM: Community Is Critical Too
April 12, 2024 | Tamara CleggLeveraging community to broaden the faces, places, and interlaces of computing.