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News Release: Research Team Wins $1.5M NSF Grant to Leverage Machine Learning to Assess Mathematics Lesson Plan Quality in the Middle Grades
Dr. Wei Ai of the UMD INFO College is a co-PI on this groundbreaking project

The Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore. (Cody Boteler)
The Baltimore Banner: Is Johns Hopkins the Bad Guy in the Patient Data Breach? Or a Victim? (ft. Ido Sivan-Sevilla)
INFO Assistant Professor Ido Sivan-Sevilla provides expert commentary

Political Science Now: Fiona Shen-Bayh Receives the 2023 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award (ft. Fiona Shen-Bayh)
Shen-Bayh was featured in Political Science Now after being recognized for her insights about the role of courts in African politics

NBC News: Some U.S. government agencies are testing out AI to help fulfill public records requests (ft. Jason R. Baron)
INFO Professor of the Practice Jason R. Baron spoke to NBC News about how AI could streamline massive amounts of public records request …

News Release: Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches
Led by the UMD INFO College, MIDA aims to change technology design to include disability communities as equal partners, proactively bui …

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Maryland Today: Unexploded Ordnance Is Scattered Across Ukraine’s Front Lines. UMD Researchers Are Mapping Hot Spots With AI. (ft. Sergii Skakun)
Shells, Rockets Fired in Wake of Russia’s Invasion Could Kill for Decades if Left in Place

Health Care Barriers: Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health in Maternity Care
A Q&A with INFO Associate Professor Amelia Gibson