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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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UMIACS: Vanessa Frias-Martinez Part of UMD Effort to Reduce Food Insecurity and Waste

February 15, 2024 | UMIACS Staff

FoodLoops app aims to redistribute surplus food

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Five Ways to Reimagine Smart Growth

November 2, 2023 | Andrew Fellows

Envisioning neighborhoods that range from micro-economies to climate-crisis-adaptive

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UMD Empowering More Maryland Residents to Become Digitally Connected

October 12, 2023 | Holly Leber Simmons & INFO Staff

The $6M UMD Extension & INFO initiative focuses on expanding broadband access coupled with digital literacy training

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New App to Empower Baltimoreans to Advocate for Better Public Transit

June 29, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

INFO and BSOS are working on a toolkit to help determine the pain points Baltimoreans experience on their commutes.

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Parkdale High School Students and UMD Team Up to Mitigate Local Flooding

June 5, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

A new partnership between INFO and ARCH will educate youth in critical data science and help them become environmental stewards.

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(Video) Sociotechnical Cybersecurity Speaker Series: Coercion in Cyberspace–A Model of Extortion via Encryption

April 7, 2023 | UMD INFO Staff

The presentation highlights the human traits and abilities that maximize human-machine teaming effectiveness.

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Frias-Martinez Joins UMD Effort Focused on Food and Nutrition Security

January 7, 2023 | UMIACS

The multidisciplinary team received a $750K NSF grant to address the challenges of food security in Maryland.