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Capturing How Blind Pedestrians Navigate Their Environments to Expand Accessibility

January 28, 2025 | Laurie Robinson

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

January 16, 2025 | BSOS Staff | UMD

UMD's PROGRESS Initiative funds groundbreaking research projects tackling gun violence with innovation and collaboration

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UMD News Release: Gov. Moore Launches $1 Billion “Capital of Quantum” Initiative Anchored by UMD

January 14, 2025 | UMD Communications

Strategic Partnership Aims to Cement State and Greater-D.C. Region as a World-leading Hub for Quantum Science and Innovation

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News Release: A rising trend of ‘murderous verbs’ in movies over 50 years (ft. Babak Fotouhi)

January 2, 2025 | Jeff Grabmeier | Ohio State News

Study finds all types of movies contain more violence

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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “Centering Community and Care in Rapid Response Research”

December 18, 2024 | INFO Staff

Featuring Anna Kijas, Assistant Director of Digital Scholarship, Head of the Lilly Music Library, Tufts University

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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Introduction to Perplexity”

December 18, 2024 | INFO Staff

Greg Feingold introduces Perplexity, an intelligent search engine

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Maryland Today: AIM Seed Award Program to Support AI-Related Research and Course Development

December 11, 2024 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD

$1.3M Available for Interdisciplinary Work Focused on Responsible, Ethical AI Development

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AICollaboratory Launches HERITAGE–AI Initiative with Major Grant

December 11, 2024 | Laurie Robinson

This IMLS-funded project aims to revolutionize how users engage with library and archival collections