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(Video) CAFe presents: The Ambivalences of the Unfixed

Logan Delavan-Hoover - March 22, 2024

U-Arizona professor speaks on archival theory

AI

How to Make Critical Decision-Making Systems Fairer and Build Trust in AI

Laurie Robinson - March 22, 2024

Researchers from UMD and GW are creating a new measure to make AI systems involved in parole decisions and loan approvals fairer

Meg Medina & Allister Chang

(Video) MacLeod Lecture: Advocating for Books, Children and Imagination in a Time of Division: a Conversation with Meg Medina

Logan Delavan-Hoover - March 15, 2024

Newberry winner speaks on children’s literature

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(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Socio-Algorithmic Foundations of Trustworthy News Recommendations

Logan Delavan-Hoover - March 12, 2024

Privacy experts speak on national data efforts

OTTRS Speaker Series

(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: The X-Culture Global Research Platform

Logan Delavan-Hoover - March 8, 2024

International business professor shares insights about a crowdsourcing platform for business challenges, talent recruitment, and cultur …

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The UMD Do Good Institute

14 Incredible Teams Selected as 2024 Do Good Challenge Semi-Finalists

UMD Staff - March 7, 2024

INFO students Wadi Ahmed and Ruka Ayele are among the semi-finalists!

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Scientific American: Everything to Know About OpenAI’s New Text-to-Video Generator, Sora (ft. Irene Pasquetto)

INFO Staff - March 7, 2024

A new AI software that generates realistic videos is raising concerns around misinformation applications

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Inaugural digital literacy training for trainers at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore

Partnering with Enoch Pratt—and Beyond

Julie Slivka | UMD Extension - March 7, 2024

UMD Extension and the INFO College partner to bring digital literacy to all Marylanders