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The University of Maryland College of Information (INFO) is a top-ranked research and teaching college where faculty, staff, and students are passionate about using information and technology to break down barriers and create exciting new possibilities.

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Expanding the frontiers how information and technology is accessed, used, and leveraged to empower individuals and communities.

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Working with community, academic, and industry partners to create information science solutions and create learning and career opportunities for students.

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Offering Bachelor, Master, PhD, and Certificate programs to prepare the next generation of information professionals and researchers.

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Supporting new generations of students through scholarships, internships, and connections while enjoying networking and other benefits.

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UMD INFO News

This 1900 image of the Carlisle Indian School football team includes one of Assistant Professor Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner's ancestors. She said this and the photo of her great-great-great grandmother Joaquina Nahwilet (image at bottom) is a rare example of good photo metadata; improving the tools in archival research is a primary goal of the new Indigenous archives project she's co-leading. Photo by John N. Choate/Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Maryland Today: UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives

Laurie Robinson & Jessica Weiss - February 4, 2025

Project co-led by INFO and ARHU will develop tools, standards, and reparative practices to restore Indigenous histories

American flag in front for a stone tower.

The American flag waves in the breeze beside the NC State Memorial Belltower. At LAS, teams of industry, academic and government partners work side-by-side to enhance intelligence analysis through innovative technology. (Roger Winstead/NC State University)