News

UMD President Darryll Pines and the UMD Testudo mascott
Welcome Fall 2024 Undergrad Admits! Next Steps
Next steps for INFO College new admits, plus information for parents

Image courtesy of ALA LibLearnX
UMD INFO Faculty and Students Lead Presentations at the 2024 ALA LibLearnX Conference
Library practitioners, leaders, and researchers from around the country will gather at this annual event

Photo of Dr. Jen Golbeck
Maryland Today: ‘Beyond the Field’ Homecoming Address Takes on Promise—and Risks—of AI (ft. Jen Golbeck)
Systems Are Subject to Same Biases, Truthfulness Challenges as Society at Large

ALA president Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada
(Video) ALA President Offers Advice for Future Librarians on Handling Banned Books
During the talk, attendees received advice tailored to both students planning to become library and information science practitioners a …

(Video) SoDa Symposium: A Dialogue at the Intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Social Data Science Methods
INFO Professor Jen Golbeck and JPSM instructor Jen Romano spoke on a panel moderated by INFO Professor Wayne Lutters.

Students competing in the 2023 Makeathon (Photo by Evan Kim Photography)
Students Compete in the 5th Annual Terps Makeathon Hosted by UX Terps
Watch the workshops and find out who won!

(Video) Sociotechnical Cybersecurity Speaker Series: Coercion in Cyberspace–A Model of Extortion via Encryption
The presentation highlights the human traits and abilities that maximize human-machine teaming effectiveness.