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(Video) Deans Lecture Series: A Conversation with Journalist David Plotz: Fake Bits, Real Bricks – Using Digital Information to Change the Physical World
Journalist and information entrepreneur discusses the intersection of technology and journalism

(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: Virtual Team Creativity and Innovation
Distinguished professor from University of Nebraska at Omaha gives a presentation about the psychological impacts of virtual work

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

(Video) Search Mastery: Maps, Models, and Metrics for Influence in Conflict Zones
Featuring INFO assistant professor Cody Buntain

MLIS Faculty and Students Partner with Piscataway Leaders to Curate an Inventory of Piscataway Materials
The INFO College's MLIS Curriculum Uses Hands-on Approach to Train Future Archivists

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