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Left to right: UK Minister Kanishka Narayan, Lee Tiedrich, Singapore Minister Josephine Teo, Yoshua Bengio, Alondra Nelson, Adam Beaumont, Director of the UK AI Security Institute, present the International AI Safety Report at the AI Impact Summit in India.
UMD INFO College’s Lee Tiedrich Leads Global Efforts to Shape AI Policy
As UMD’s inaugural AIM Fellow, Tiedrich helps build the standards and systems needed to turn AI policy into effective practice

Jason Laucel, InfoSci '26
INFO’s Jason Laucel ’26 Named UMD Commencement Student Speaker
InfoSci senior Jason Laucel ’26 will address UMD graduates, blending AI ethics, leadership, and community-centered impact

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Amtrak Uses INFO Students to Get Electronic Records on Track
A partnership with INFO’s iConsultancy is helping the railroad tackle a growing information governance challenge

Kelly Hoffman, MLIS '07, Phd '23
Alumni Profile: How a Love of Information Led to Capitol Hill
PhD and MLIS alum Kelly Hoffman found her calling in library science—then spent two decades building toward her dream job

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When the Feed Becomes the Front Line
A new generation of AI tools is changing how analysts and aid workers make sense of war in real time—if they can learn to trust what …

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CHI 2026 Roundup: HCIL Students and Faculty Publish 19 Papers, Win Two Honorable Mentions
UMD's HCIL contributes 19 papers to CHI 2026, advancing human-computer interaction research worldwide

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For Caregivers Making Over-the-Counter Medication Decisions Alone, Help May Be on the Way
Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe is using AI to turn dense OTC drug labels into personalized guidance
