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Maryland Today: Getting the Party Started, USPS-Style
Postal Service’s latest birthday stamp designed by iSchool student, Rodolfo Castro.

UMD iSchool, CMNS & I4C Celebrate Break Through Tech DC Partnership to Foster Diversity in Computing
70+ UMD faculty, staff, and students converged at this hybrid event to celebrate a commitment to improving diversity and inclusion in c …

PhD Alumni Spotlight: The Fight for Access to Justice – Ursula Gorham, ‘15
How an alumni is working towards improving access to critical online legal resources and striving to close the “justice gap.”

The Diamondback: Restorative Justice Steering Committee presents plan to College Park City Council
iSchool's Andy Fellows was one of four Committee speakers who presented a six-year plan developed to heal damage on the Lakeland commun …

HCIL Founder Receives IEEE Test of Time Award for Treemap Research
The award recognizes a conference paper from 20 years ago whose contents have had a major impact within and beyond the visualization co …

Preserving the Legacy of an American Opera Icon
MLIS student shares her experience at the Library of Congress processing the materials of the late opera singer, Jessye Norman.

ASSETS 2021 celebrated 50 years of its sponsor, ACM SIGACCESS, including a 1970s-inspired logo designed by Rachel Wood, a Trace-affiliated PhD student in the UMD iSchool.
Trace Faculty and Students Contribute to a Successful Virtual ASSETS 2021
Trace faculty and students contribute work and play key leadership roles at ASSETS 2021, which marks landmark 50th anniversaries for bo …