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Photo of Hornbake Plaza on the UMD College Park Campus, home to the INFO College

UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence

April 2, 2024 | UMD INFO Staff

14 INFO faculty members are to be honored at the 2024 UMD Research Excellence Celebration

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How to Make Critical Decision-Making Systems Fairer and Build Trust in AI

March 22, 2024 | Laurie Robinson

Researchers from UMD and GW are creating a new measure to make AI systems involved in parole decisions and loan approvals fairer

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Scientific American: Everything to Know About OpenAI’s New Text-to-Video Generator, Sora (ft. Irene Pasquetto)

March 7, 2024 | INFO Staff

A new AI software that generates realistic videos is raising concerns around misinformation applications

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Inaugural digital literacy training for trainers at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore

Partnering with Enoch Pratt—and Beyond

March 7, 2024 | Julie Slivka | UMD Extension

UMD Extension and the INFO College partner to bring digital literacy to all Marylanders

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Image courtesy of ALA LibLearnX

UMD INFO Faculty and Students Lead Presentations at the 2024 ALA LibLearnX Conference

January 18, 2024 | INFO Staff

Library practitioners, leaders, and researchers from around the country will gather at this annual event

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New Tool Can Help Audit Pretrial Detainment Decisions in Maryland, UMD Study Shows (ft. Zubin Jelveh)

January 10, 2024 | UMD BSOS Staff

UMD BSOS + INFO faculty are determining how to make criminal justice more "just"

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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: Experts Discuss Zines as a Form of Advocacy, Self Expression

January 9, 2024 | INFO Staff

Cultural heritage practitioners, educators and creators discuss zine creation and preservation

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(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Newspapers and the Lynching Story: Discoveries, Distortions, and Erasure, 1789-1963

January 9, 2024 | INFO Staff

Associate professor with UMD’s journalism college discusses research about lynching and news coverage

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Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy

December 7, 2023 | Olivia Borgula & INFO Staff

Funded by UMD Grand Challenge Grants, INFO is playing an integral role in these initiatives