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Anastasia Armendariz, MLIS '22
A Career in Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future
May 29, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of MLIS alum Anastasia Armendariz
Sparsh Paliwal, HCIM '23
How One Alum Went From Doodling to Design Systems
May 29, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of HCIM alum Sparsh Paliwal
Nearly two dozen AI projects from a host of disciplines and departments across the UMD campus were funded through a new seed grant program administered by the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM). Illustration by iStock
Maryland Today: AIM Seed Grants Support 22 AI Research Projects
May 28, 2025 | Abby Robinson | Maryland Today | UMDINFO's Vanessa Frías Martínez, Hernisa Kacorri, and Katie Shilton are driving interdisciplinary AI research through UMD’s new $1.5M …
Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
May 27, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonThe Immigration and International Information Research Alliance (i3r) flips traditional scholarship on its head, treating immigrants as …
Katie Baron InfoSci ’25. Photo by Riley N. Sims.
Maryland Today: Carrying Students Through to Commencement
May 27, 2025 | Sala Levin ’10 | Maryland Today | UMDINFO grad Katie Baron ’25 turned hardship into opportunity, launching a mobile auto repair business while earning her degree
Information Science Student Swechchha Shrestha. Photo courtesy of Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: ‘Remarkable Humanity and Depth of Thought’
May 21, 2025 | John Tucker | Maryland Today | UMDINFO student Swechchha Shrestha named a University Medalist runner-up for her leadership, service, and dedication to tech for good
SoDa Symposium: “Crowdsourced Adaptive Surveys”
May 20, 2025 | INFO StaffFeaturing Yamil Ricardo Velez, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert, one of the winners of UMD's Invention of the Year competition, holds a plaque onstage at Innovate Maryland on Tuesday. Also pictured (from left): UM Ventures Innovation Managers Virinchi Juttukonda and Ashwin Ramanujam, Chief Innovation Officer Dean Chang, Vice President for Research Gregory F. Ball, UM Ventures Associate Director Felicia Metz and UM Ventures-College Park Director Ken Porter. Photos by Mike Morgan.
Maryland Today: AI With Rhythm: Brain-Inspired Tech Wins 2025 Invention of the Year Award
May 14, 2025 | Jordan Dunklee | Maryland Today Staff | UMDINFO faculty contributed to brain-inspired AI method that won UMD’s 2025 Invention of the Year
