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MD Today: Accolades: Faculty and Staff Awards and Honors (ft. Ido Sivan-Sevilla and Gregg Vanderheiden)

February 20, 2024 |

A Roundup of Recent Accomplishments

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AP News: Meta’s Enforcement of Manipulated Media Policies (ft. Jen Golbeck)

February 16, 2024 | INFO Staff

INFO Professor Jen Golbeck comments on online misinformation

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UMIACS: Vanessa Frias-Martinez Part of UMD Effort to Reduce Food Insecurity and Waste

February 15, 2024 | UMIACS Staff

FoodLoops app aims to redistribute surplus food

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(Video) Privacy Week SoDa Special Event: Challenges, Strategies, and Emerging Issues: Hearing from Privacy Stakeholders

February 15, 2024 | Logan Delavan-Hoover

Privacy experts speak on national data efforts

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Photo caption: U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announced the AI Safety Institute Consortium on Feb. 8 at a press conference in Washington, D.C.

UMD Joins National Consortium Dedicated to Improving AI Trustworthiness and Safety

February 13, 2024 | UMIACS Staff

Multiple research centers and programs challenge the ethics of AI

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Collection Development, Preparing Future Librarians for Challenges Ahead

February 13, 2024 | Morgan Adle

Interview with Maggie Zarnosky Saponaro, Director of Collection Development Strategies.

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From left, Megan Newcombe, Min Wu, Rita Colwell, Jessica Vitak, Mia Smith-Bynum, Stephanie Lansing and Kawthar Zaki. All experienced moments of uncertainty in forging their careers in science, where women are a distinct minority, but found inspiration to continue.

MD Today: The Science of Perseverance (ft. Jessica Vitak)

February 12, 2024 | Maggie Haslam | Maryland Today | UMD

UMD female scientists reflect on overcoming moments of doubt

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(Video) SODA Symposium: Data Literacy and Evidence Building – Birds of a Feather

February 6, 2024 | Logan Delavan-Hoover

Labor economists speak on national data efforts

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Maryland Today: To Like or Not to Like – Facebook at 20 (ft. Cody Buntain)

February 5, 2024 | Karen Shih | Maryland Today | UMD

Facebook changed the world, but not always for good - a UMD expert explains its complicated legacy