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2024 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit

Press Release: Best Practices & Collaborative Strategies in Digital Equity: Get Ready for the 2024 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit

Julie Slivka | University of Maryland Extension - September 26, 2024

Experts will gather at the 2024 Maryland Digital Equity Summit to share strategies for advancing digital inclusion.

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News Release: UMD Launches Step-by-Step Guides for Maryland Residents to Navigate Online Government Services

UMD Staff - May 22, 2024

From getting a driver’s license to filing taxes to applying for SNAP food benefits

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UMD Graduate Students Attend Google Cloud Next ‘24 Conference in Las Vegas

Maia Johnston - May 7, 2024

A look into two graduate students’ experience learning about the latest technological advancements and the future of AI

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

UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence

UMD INFO Staff - April 2, 2024

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

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Inaugural digital literacy training for trainers at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore

Partnering with Enoch Pratt—and Beyond

Julie Slivka | UMD Extension - March 7, 2024

UMD Extension and the INFO College partner to bring digital literacy to all Marylanders

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

UMIACS Staff - February 15, 2024

FoodLoops app aims to redistribute surplus food

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Five Ways to Reimagine Smart Growth

Andrew Fellows - November 2, 2023

Envisioning neighborhoods that range from micro-economies to climate-crisis-adaptive

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UMD Empowering More Maryland Residents to Become Digitally Connected

Holly Leber Simmons & INFO Staff - October 12, 2023

The $6M UMD Extension & INFO initiative focuses on expanding broadband access coupled with digital literacy training