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100 Women Making AI Ethical and Accessible
Associate Professor Jessica Vitak made the list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.

Project Aims to Convey Big Data With Sound and Touch
NSF-Funded Research Would Expand Employment, Education Opportunities for Blind Data Users.

Meta Research Q&A with Jonathan Lazar, Professor, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
In this monthly interview series, Meta Research turns the spotlight on members of the academic community — and the important research …

Morphic: Advancing Social Equity Through Digital Inclusion
A growing pool of users at libraries, colleges, and job centers across the US and in Canada have the opportunity to take advantage of M …

Daniel Greene: Rethinking How Schools, Libraries, and Community Orgs Tackle Poverty
Can a community barbeque be more beneficial to citizens than learning computing skills? Insights from INFO Assistant Professor Daniel G …

UMD INFO College Introduces Technology and Information Design Major
The new major focuses on building and designing prototypes for new technologies such as apps and computers.

MD Today: How AI Could Help Writers Spot Stereotypes (feat. Niklas Elmqvist)
Tool to Identify Social Biases in Creative Writing Ultimately Leaves Artists in Control