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Capturing How Blind Pedestrians Navigate Their Environments to Expand Accessibility
January 28, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonResearchers created a motion dataset to train autonomous vehicles on how blind individuals move
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PROGRESS Issues First-Ever Grants to Advance Innovation in Gun Violence Research
January 16, 2025 | BSOS Staff | UMDUMD's PROGRESS Initiative funds groundbreaking research projects tackling gun violence with innovation and collaboration
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UMD News Release: Gov. Moore Launches $1 Billion “Capital of Quantum” Initiative Anchored by UMD
January 14, 2025 | UMD CommunicationsStrategic Partnership Aims to Cement State and Greater-D.C. Region as a World-leading Hub for Quantum Science and Innovation
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News Release: A rising trend of ‘murderous verbs’ in movies over 50 years (ft. Babak Fotouhi)
January 2, 2025 | Jeff Grabmeier | Ohio State NewsStudy finds all types of movies contain more violence
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Alumni Profile: A Budding Career in Protecting the Nation Against Cyber Threats
January 2, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “Centering Community and Care in Rapid Response Research”
December 18, 2024 | INFO StaffFeaturing Anna Kijas, Assistant Director of Digital Scholarship, Head of the Lilly Music Library, Tufts University
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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Introduction to Perplexity”
December 18, 2024 | INFO StaffGreg Feingold introduces Perplexity, an intelligent search engine