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Five Projects Awarded the Inaugural SoDa Seed Grant
July 12, 2023 | Info StaffFunding provided to projects that seek to solve social media misinformation, vulnerable community infrastructure, and racial injustice
Illustration by Valerie Morgan
Maryland Today: Why Is Everyone Joining Threads? (ft. Jen Golbeck)
July 11, 2023 | MD Today StaffTwitter’s new rival surges despite snags - a UMD social media expert explains why
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.
Library Journal: ALA Approves New Library Service Standards for the Incarcerated or Detained (ft. Victoria Van Hyning)
July 10, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Assistant Professor Victoria Van Hyning was among the group who oversaw the revision.
IEEE Spectrum: A Wearable Robotic Assistant That’s All Over You (ft. Ge Gao)
June 30, 2023 | CMNS StaffCalico is a little robot that can zip around your clothing to help you out.
Photo by Ant Rozetsky / Unsplash
New App to Empower Baltimoreans to Advocate for Better Public Transit
June 29, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonINFO and BSOS are working on a toolkit to help determine the pain points Baltimoreans experience on their commutes.
Researchers Use Deep Learning, VHR Satellite Imagery to Map Artillery Craters in Eastern Ukraine
June 29, 2023 | GEOG DepartmentINFO Assistant Professor Sergii Skakun examines detecting and mapping artillery craters in Eastern Ukraine.
