Previous Events at the INFO College - College of Information (INFO)

Previous Events at the INFO College

  

Commencements  Student Events 

Friday, May 22, 2026 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

INFO College Commencement Ceremony 2026

Location: Xfinity Center at UMD College Park

Research Talks/Events 

Friday, May 15, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

OTTRS Speaker Series: “Accurate, Up-To-Date, and Shared Knowledge? A Human-Robot Team Cognition Framework”

Speaker(s): Susan J. Simkins, Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology; Director of Team Science for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI); Director, Teams, Cognition, and Time (TCaT) Lab

Location: Virtual

Career Events  Student Events 

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

HirePhiladelphia Multi-University Alumni Career Fair

Location: Arts Ballroom, 1324 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Career Events  Community Events  Research Talks/Events  Social Events  Student Events 

Thursday, May 7, 2026 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

2026 Empowering Health & Technology Conference

Speaker(s): Tasha Cornish, Isaias Tesfalidet, Dr. Dhruti Patel, Teri Mumm, Dan Doggett, Deborah Wilson, Dennis Tran, Mustafa Rfat, Dr. Jessica A. Stansbury, Quisha Umemba, Teri Mumm, Dr. Yulin Hswen, Dr. LaKeisha L. Harris, Ph.D., Dr. Kimberly Poole-Sykes, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Obiageli Gertrude Nwachukwu, Dr. Hassanatu Blake, Omolola Adegbemileke, Varsha Erapogla, Bertille Ingrid Dago & Dr. Jinhee Kim

Location: Virtual / Zoom EST

Research Talks/Events 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Inaugural AIM Research & Learning Symposium

Speaker(s): Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow in Governance Studies, director of Center for Technology Innovation (CTI), co-editor of TechTank blog & podcast

Location: Stamp Student Union

Career Events  Open Houses/Info Sessions 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:30 pm - Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 4:30 pm

Graduate School Information Sessions (5/5)

Location: Virtual / Zoom EST

Research Talks/Events 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Same Class, New Approach: Reimagining GenAI in Writing Assessments”

Speaker(s): Jason R. Baron, Professor of the Practice, College of Information; Elizabeth A. Pineo, Ph.D. Candidate, College of Information

Location: Zoom

Research Talks/Events  Student Events 

Friday, May 1, 2026 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

2026 Academic Showcase

Location: Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Community Events  Social Events 

Friday, May 1, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Fireside Chat with Apple & DEWALT Design Leader Eva Dixon

Speaker(s): Eva Dixon

Location: 📍 Thurgood Marshall Hall, Room 0301 — UMD College Park

Career Events  Social Events  Student Events 

Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Computing Catalyst Annual Celebration

Location: Iribe Center Courtyard & Lobby

Research Talks/Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

HCIL BBL Speaker Series: Building a Spatial and Embodied Workspace for Data-Driven Workflows: Immersive Visualizations and more

Speaker(s): Yalong Yang, Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech.

Location: In Person: HBK 2105 and Virtual

Student Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Thriving in Tech: Networking Alumni Panel

Location: HBK 2119

Social Events  Student Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

INFO SCI FI x Yana’s Treats

Location: ESJ (outside in front of the building)

Career Events  Community Events  Social Events  Student Events 

Thursday, April 30, 2026 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Thriving in Tech

Speaker(s): Boma Tende, Dr. Sheena Erete, Preetha Vikram

Location: Hornbake 2119

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