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UMD researchers and educators are working to improve AI and to understand how the technology is transforming the ways we teach, learn and prepare for an AI-driven world. (Illustration by iStock) via Maryland Today
Maryland Today: Spotlight on AI: UMD Transforms Every Stage of Education
November 4, 2025 | Maryland Today Staff | UMDINFO’s Wei Ai co-leads a UMD project using AI to enhance K–12 math instruction and teacher development
Chandler Colman ‘28 (left) and Samir Nazar ‘28 work on their final projects for “Knitting = Algorithms + Coding," one of 10 Maker Movement Approach to Computing classes offered this fall. The one-credit courses are designed to make it easier for students of all majors to learn about computing. (Photos by Dylan Singleton)
Maryland Today: Courses Bring Comfort to Learning Computing
October 23, 2025 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD | Karen Shih ’09INFO faculty bridge creativity and computing, teaching hands-on AI, coding, and design through the Maker Movement at Maryland
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Building Trust in AI, One Block at a Time
October 23, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA unique partnership is closing the digital divide by creating community-led AI literacy programs for underserved youth and families
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WTOP News: Smarter Classrooms, Real Results: How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Education (ft. Charles Harry)
October 10, 2025 | INFO StaffINFO's Charles Harry explores how AI transforms education, enhancing learning, student support, and ethical classroom practices
Press Release: MONET Paints the Way to New Opportunities: University of Maryland Extension and College of Information Launch Digital Navigator Curriculum & Training
October 10, 2025 | Julie Slivka | University of Maryland ExtensionUniversity of Maryland Extension and INFO launch digital navigator curriculum and training
Members of the Marylanders Online team accept the 2025 Maryland Hispanic Leadership Empowerment Award
UMD’s “Marylanders Online” Initiative Receives Maryland Hispanic Leadership Empowerment Award
October 7, 2025 | Julie Slivka UMEThe UME and INFO College's initiative is recognized by the Daily Record for digital literacy impact
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GBH News: With AI Common on Campus, Some Educators Are Leaning in (ft. Katie Shilton)
September 3, 2025 | INFO StaffINFO’s Katie Shilton emphasizes AI tutors’ promise without replacing human teaching
Led by the University of Maryland, TRAILS was launched in May 2023 with a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The institute is focused on developing, building and modeling participatory research that—over time—will increase trust in AI. Illustration courtesy of TRAILS. Image via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: $750K in Seed Grants Awarded by UMD-Led Coalition on Trustworthy AI
July 23, 2025 | Tom Ventsias | Maryland Today | UMDSix INFO faculty are among researchers awarded $750K+ in TRAILS funding to advance trustworthy, human-centered AI innovation
