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UMD News Release: Gov. Moore Launches $1 Billion “Capital of Quantum” Initiative Anchored by UMD
January 14, 2025 | UMD CommunicationsStrategic Partnership Aims to Cement State and Greater-D.C. Region as a World-leading Hub for Quantum Science and Innovation

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News Release: A rising trend of ‘murderous verbs’ in movies over 50 years (ft. Babak Fotouhi)
January 2, 2025 | Jeff Grabmeier | Ohio State NewsStudy finds all types of movies contain more violence

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(Video) Dean’s Lecture Series Presents Invisible Rulers with Renée DiResta
November 8, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonDiResta delves into the complex interplay between technology and public opinion shaping

Casilda Luna, second from right, in conversation with a group in Washington, DC's Columbia Heights neighborhood, ca. 1970s. (Photo from Black Mosaic Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum)
Our Black Mosaic Podcast: A Love Letter to Afro-Latine Youth
November 7, 2024 | Manuel Duran MendezUMD INFO PhD student Manuel Mendez chronicles Black Latine lived experience in the DC area

Rie Kamikubo, PhD Student working with Hernisa Kacorri at the UMD College of Information, Presenting at ASSETS 2024 Conference
UMD MIDA Researchers Play Major Role at ASSETS Conference
November 7, 2024 | Silvana Montañola | UMD Office of the Vice President for ResearchUniversity of Maryland faculty and students provide leadership and research insights at international technology accessibility research …

Washingtonian: Meet DC’s 2024 Tech Titans (ft. Nate Tibbits, INFO Board Member)
October 30, 2024 | INFO StaffThe most innovative and important leaders in Washington’s tech scene

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UMD Women in Tech Gathered at 2024 Grace Hopper Celebration
October 20, 2024 | CMNS StaffInfoSci senior Ume Habiba speaks at the world’s largest conference for women and nonbinary technologists

MIDA is Helping Lead the World Towards Born-Accessible Design
September 30, 2024 | Jonathan LazarUMD Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) partners with Adobe and the U.S. Access Board; informs state and federal polic …

Press Release: Best Practices & Collaborative Strategies in Digital Equity: Get Ready for the 2024 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit
September 26, 2024 | Julie Slivka | University of Maryland ExtensionExperts will gather at the 2024 Maryland Digital Equity Summit to share strategies for advancing digital inclusion.