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Forbes: Web Accessibility Laws Set To Enter New Era As DOJ Gears Up For Spring Rulemaking (ft. Jonathan Lazar)
March 24, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffDr. Lazar comments on how university curricula need to be modified to include accessibility content.

A Librarian’s Journey: Reflecting on Racialized Trauma and Community Healing
February 28, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of first-year PhD student Twanna Hodge

100 Women Making AI Ethical and Accessible
December 19, 2022 | Laurie RobinsonAssociate Professor Jessica Vitak made the list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.

UMD Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Pretrial Detention in Criminal Cases Across MD
December 13, 2022 | Laurie RobinsonAccording to lead investigator, Dr. Zubin Jelveh, there is still a gap in understanding how decisions are made about who should be deta …

Frank Burke (seated) at the July 4, 1969 ceremony on the Constitution Avenue steps in Washington, D.C.
Preserving History, Remembering a Pioneer
November 11, 2022 | UMD University Relations StaffDavid McCartney and James Petersen founded the Dr. Frank G. Burke Endowed Graduate Research Award

Daniel Greene: Rethinking How Schools, Libraries, and Community Orgs Tackle Poverty
October 10, 2022 | Mia K. HinckleCan a community barbeque be more beneficial to citizens than learning computing skills? Insights from INFO Assistant Professor Daniel G …

Dr. Cody Buntain Appears on Voice of America to Discuss the Taliban’s Use of Twitter
August 18, 2022 | Mia K. HinckleResearch showing how the Taliban leveraged Twitter, and Twitter’s limited management of this, was shared with Voices of America’s g …