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The MLIS Program at UMD’s INFO College is Training the Next Generation of Librarians, Archivists, and Changemakers
From Award-Winning Faculty to Industry Partners, Our Program Sets Our Students Up for Success
UMD Empowering More Maryland Residents to Become Digitally Connected
The $6M UMD Extension & INFO initiative focuses on expanding broadband access coupled with digital literacy training
Maryland Today: UMD Tech Tool Aims to Make Workplaces More Inclusive for Autistic People (ft. Ge Gao)
Video Platform Designed by Neurodiverse Team Could Improve Communications for All
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
CAFe members and volunteers at the 2023 Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon (Photo Credit: Sarah Grun)
UMD Center for Archival Futures (CAFe) is Shaping Archives and Preservation
CAFe aims to create access to cultural memory at previously unprecedented scales
ARLIS: UMD Researchers Measure Social Media Sharing with Emotions (ft. Susannah Paletz)
4,000+ Facebook posts were analyzed to determine the ability of different emotion models to predict post sharing.
Photo collage by Maryland Today staff featuring left to right: David Betancourt, Amber Wendland, Michael Prakhye, Cara Grant, Brent Barbee
Maryland Today: The Cool Day Jobs of UMD’s Adjunct Professors (ft. Michael Prakhye)
How 5 Lecturers Bring Real-World Expertise to the Classroom
As touchscreens proliferate in daily life, from coffee shops to airports, people who are blind or visually impaired are often unable to access important digital information. UMD researchers have developed a new robot that could help bridge the gap
Photo by iStock; Toucha11y photo courtesy of Jiasheng Li.
Maryland Today: An Ally for Access (ft. Huaishu Peng)
Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users
