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MLIS Student Leigh Amadi Dunewood Awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarship
August 8, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaThe esteemed scholarship program provides financial and professional opportunities to high-achieving students
Dr. Cody Buntain | Photo Credit UMIACS
UMIACS: Keeping Up with the Crises: Buntain Builds Digital Tools to Combat Misinformation (ft. Cody Buntain)
July 25, 2023 | Melissa Brachfeld | UMIACSAn overview of one professor's research and areas of interest
News Release: Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches
July 21, 2023 | INFO StaffLed by the UMD INFO College, MIDA aims to change technology design to include disability communities as equal partners, proactively bui …
Health Care Barriers: Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health in Maternity Care
July 17, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaA Q&A with INFO Associate Professor Amelia Gibson
Improving Fairness in Classrooms Through Machine Learning
June 7, 2023 | UMIACS StaffWei AI develops a platform to analyze teachers’ instructions and provide feedback.
NBC’s 11th Hour: Surgeon General Warns About Teens on Social Media (ft. Jen Golbeck)
June 2, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffProfessor Jen Golbeck joins a panel of guests on the 11th Hour to address social media’s influence on young people's mental health.
Let’s Chat About AI on Campus (ft. Jessica Vitak)
April 11, 2023 | Maryland Today StaffRise of Eerily Convincing Language Models Spurs Hopes, Fears About Impact on Education
UMD INFO PhD student Lovely-Frances Domingo, CMNS Professor Hal Daumé III and INFO Associate Professor Katie Shilton discuss some of Shilton’s work on ethics and policy for the design of information technologies. (Photo by Maria Herd)
Grand Challenges Grant Launches Values-Centered AI Initiative
April 7, 2023 | Maria Herd | UMIACSINFO's Vanessa-Frias Martinez and Katie Shilton to help lead the building a new "values-centered AI" research center.
Breaking the Loop: Creating a Trustworthy Social Media Platform
March 28, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonAs part of his NSF Career award, Assistant Professor Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia is designing a social media platform that will deliver us …