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Francena Bean-Waters of Baltimore and Tech Extension Educator Blaise Brennan '18 share a high-five after working through a smartphone operation question together. Below, Brennan explains the basics of phones and the internet as part of a class sponsored by the Marylanders Online program. Photos by John T. Consoli

Maryland Today: UMD, State Combine to Get ‘Marylanders Online’

$6M Program Provides Digital Access, Literacy From Baltimore to Rural Areas

Illustration by Zainab Noor Shamim

Integrating Robots in Homes to Support Autistic Youth

A TRAILS pilot study looks at how families can use AI robotic animal companions in support services for autistic children

MD Today: Website Help for the Helpers

Students create custom software for nonprofits, sponsored by the INFO College

ACM: Community Is Critical Too

Leveraging community to broaden the faces, places, and interlaces of computing.

Dr. Tamara Clegg Presenting Research at the 2022 HCIL Symposium

Dr. Tamara Clegg Recognized for Involving Practitioners in Education Research

News Release: AERA Announces 2024 Award Winners in Education Research

Photo illustration by iStock/Maria Herd M.A. ’19

MD Today: Reliable ER Translations Might Be Job for Humans, AI Together (ft. Ge Gao)

UMD researchers are part of team tackling potentially dangerous source of health care errors

Photo of Hornbake Plaza on the UMD College Park Campus, home to the INFO College

UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence

14 INFO faculty members are to be honored at the 2024 UMD Research Excellence Celebration

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

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

Photo by Lucrezia Carnelos on Unsplash

How Emerging Technologies are Crafting New Worlds and Revolutionizing Learning

Research with KidsTeam and local neighborhoods examines how youth use emerging technologies like AI and VR