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.
Expanding the frontiers how information and technology is accessed, used, and leveraged to empower individuals and communities.
Offering Bachelor, Master, PhD, and Certificate programs to prepare the next generation of information professionals and researchers.
Working with community, academic, and industry partners to create information science solutions and create learning and career opportunities for students.
Supporting new generations of students through scholarships, internships, and connections while enjoying networking and other benefits.
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" alt="Preserving Science Through Storytelling: MLIS Student Supports Audiovisual History at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives"/> Preserving Science Through Storytelling: MLIS Student Supports Audiovisual History at the Niels Bohr Library & ArchivesMLIS student Jamila Hinds helps preserve and inventory decades of STEM media at NBLA
Anastasia Armendariz, MLIS '22
" alt="A Career in Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future"/> A Career in Preserving the Past, Inspiring the FutureA profile of MLIS alum Anastasia Armendariz
Sparsh Paliwal, HCIM '23
" alt="How One Alum Went From Doodling to Design Systems"/> How One Alum Went From Doodling to Design SystemsA profile of HCIM alum Sparsh Paliwal
Nearly two dozen AI projects from a host of disciplines and departments across the UMD campus were funded through a new seed grant program administered by the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM). Illustration by iStock
" alt="Maryland Today: AIM Seed Grants Support 22 AI Research Projects"/> Maryland Today: AIM Seed Grants Support 22 AI Research ProjectsINFO’s Vanessa Frías Martínez, Hernisa Kacorri, and Katie Shilton are driving interdisciplinary AI research through UMD’s new $1.5M …
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Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
The Immigration and International Information Research Alliance (i3r) flips traditional scholarship on its head, treating immigrants as …
Katie Baron InfoSci ’25. Photo by Riley N. Sims.
" alt="Maryland Today: Carrying Students Through to Commencement"/> Maryland Today: Carrying Students Through to CommencementINFO grad Katie Baron ’25 turned hardship into opportunity, launching a mobile auto repair business while earning her degree