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Dr. Cody Buntain | Photo Credit UMIACS

UMIACS: Keeping Up with the Crises: Buntain Builds Digital Tools to Combat Misinformation (ft. Cody Buntain)

July 25, 2023 | Melissa Brachfeld | UMIACS

An overview of one professor's research and areas of interest

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News Release: Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches

July 21, 2023 | INFO Staff

Led by the UMD INFO College, MIDA aims to change technology design to include disability communities as equal partners, proactively bui …

Health Care Barriers: Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health in Maternity Care

July 17, 2023 | Olivia Borgula

A Q&A with INFO Associate Professor Amelia Gibson

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Tackling Childhood Literacy: A Grand Challenge

July 14, 2023 | INFO Staff

An institutional grant addresses skills that go beyond the classroom

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Five Projects Awarded the Inaugural SoDa Seed Grant

July 12, 2023 | Info Staff

Funding provided to projects that seek to solve social media misinformation, vulnerable community infrastructure, and racial injustice

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IEEE Spectrum: A Wearable Robotic Assistant That’s All Over You (ft. Ge Gao)

June 30, 2023 | CMNS Staff

Calico is a little robot that can zip around your clothing to help you out.

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New App to Empower Baltimoreans to Advocate for Better Public Transit

June 29, 2023 | Laurie Robinson

INFO and BSOS are working on a toolkit to help determine the pain points Baltimoreans experience on their commutes.