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(Video) Maryland Today: Information Warfare’s Secret Weapon: Kittens (ft. Susannah Paletz)
Research on social media sharing reveals the potential dangers of cuteness

Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy
Funded by UMD Grand Challenge Grants, INFO is playing an integral role in these initiatives

Alonzo Davis poses for a portrait during a student symposium held on Nov. 20, 2023, at the Driskell Center. (Cecilia Clemens Vargas Lugo/The Diamondback)
Diamondback: UMD Archive Gives Students a Look Into Life, Work of Artist Alonzo Davis (ft. Eric Hung and MLIS Students)
MLIS students from the UMD College of Information share the life and work of renowned artist Alonzo Davis

(Video) INFO Professor Jonathan Lazar Gives Closing Keynote Speech About the Born-Accessible Model at the INTERACT Conference
The speech focuses on the born-accessible model for Software and Digital Content Development

(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: Multimodal Human AI-Interaction
INFO doctoral candidate gives a presentation about multimodal human AI-interaction and its applications to music education

(Video) Subject Analysis: Centering Historical Lives in Contemporary Archives
Dorothy Berry discusses marginalized voices in contemporary archives during CAFe Speaker Series

(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: The Impacts of Organizational Change and Professionalization on Curating Smithsonian’s Fossil Halls
INFO assistant professor gives presentation about the interdisciplinary teamwork behind large-scale museum exhibits

(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: The Search for Knowledge—How Technology Changes Everything You Know (Literally) and How You Know Everything
Free Range Research Scientist Dan Russell discusses how instant access to information has changed the way we think

UME Tech Extension Educators, from left to right: Keri Grant, Blaise Brennan, Shelita Jackson, Maria Barga, Naimani Staley, Program Manager Vishnypriya Desai, and Aziz Hurtado Olson.
News Release: Resources, Connections, and Bridging the Digital Divide Together: The 2023 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit
Recapping the inaugural Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit on November 9, 2023