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UMD INFO College: Meeting Society’s Grand Challenges
A list of UMD Grand Challenges Grants received by the UMD INFO College

LA Times: Foreign Workers Affected by Tech Layoffs (ft. Sakshi Nanda and David Loshin)
Examining how visa regulations limit the amount of time foreign workers can stay in the US.

Navigating Controversy in Computing Research: A Historical View of Data Ethics Work
A Q&A with Katie Shilton, associate professor and program co-director of the BS in Social Data Science at the INFO College

Alina Striner, UMD INFO College Alumna, PhD Program
An Artful Way: Exploring the Connection Between HCI and Creative Mediums
A profile of PhD graduate Alina Striner

(Photos courtesy of Jen Golbeck and Rosie Grant)
Terp Magazine: The Secrets to Social Success (ft. Jen Golbeck)
Students Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class

Japanese Americans arrive by train to the Santa Anita Park assembly center in April 1942 before being sent to camps. More than 100,000 people were eventually imprisoned at locations in California, Idaho, Colorado and even Arkansas. (hoto courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library)
Terp Magazine: Truth in Exile (ft. Richard Marciano)
Decades after more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into camps during World War II, a UMD archival expert is making sure the …

The INFO College Celebrates Black History Month
Papers, events, and projects that highlight the Black community.