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CAP students in the Expanded Arts Summer Job Program enjoy a lunch break, circa 1970 (Photo courtesy of Robert Breck Chapman Photographs at Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore)
Uncovering the Buried History of Baltimore’s Arts and Culture
January 27, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThe Inheritance Baltimore program is one of the many ways MLIS alumna, Angela Koukoui, is providing better access to her community's hi …

Katrina Fenlon to Support New Commission to Foster Digital Humanities Projects on Social and Racial Justice
December 10, 2021 | Press ReleaseThe Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship will look at improving the support, access, and sustainability o …

Preserving the Legacy of an American Opera Icon
November 11, 2021 | Jessica GrimmerMLIS student shares her experience at the Library of Congress processing the materials of the late opera singer, Jessye Norman.

Photos courtesy of American Antiquarian Society
Digitized 17-18th Century Documents Shed Light on Nipmuc History
October 20, 2021 | iSchool NewsiSchool PhD student Lydia Curliss co-curated new online exhibit on the relationship between the indigenous Nipmuc communities and settl …

Brenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping the future of libraries
UMD Faculty and Alumni Honored as Movers and Shakers Class of 2021
August 9, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreBrenda Johnson-Perkins, Jennifer Sturge, and Nini Beegan are among the Library Journal’s distinguished group of innovators shaping th …

STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing
April 12, 2021 | UMD iSchool StaffIn The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …

UMD iSchool Takes #4 Spot in U.S. Rankings
April 7, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreLibrary and information studies, youth services, and information systems are among programming areas to earn top-five rankings.