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INFO Launches New Info Leader Doctorate
The practitioner-oriented doctoral program is designed for professionals who aim to lead their information institutions
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Emerging Voices: INFO’s Doctoral Scholars Shape the Future of LIS Education
Four PhD students are part of the 2025 cohort of ALISE Emerging Scholars
"To Die For" A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes By Rosie Grant
(Video) MLIS Alumni Spotlight: CBS News: “To Die For”: Beloved Recipes Etched in Stone (ft Rosie Grant ’22)
MLIS alum Rosie Grant uncovers and preserves gravestone recipes, showing how cherished dishes keep loved ones’ memories alive
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WTOP News: Maryland Students Work to Preserve a Unique Bit of Animal History About Greenbelt (ft. Eric Hung)
Guided by Professor Eric Hung, UMD INFO students digitize and share Greenbelt’s surprising pet history with the community
Credit: AIP Foundation / Niels Bohr Library & Archives
(Video) AIP Foundation News: Guarding the History of Science: Jamila Hinds at the Niels Bohr Library & Archives
MLIS student Jamila Hinds protects rare AIP archives and enhances public access in an effort to preserve scientific history
Lauren Schirle, MIM '19
Alumni Profile: From Archives to Analytics: How a MIM Alum’s Unconventional Path Shapes Fintech Innovation
A profile of MIM alum Lauren Schirle
Douglas Oard, a noted expert in information retrieval, has been at the University of Maryland since 1996 and has been an active member of UMIACS since 1998.
UMIACS: New Interim Dean Maintains Strong Ties to UMIACS
Douglas Oard, longtime INFO professor, named interim dean, emphasizes INFO–UMIACS collaboration driving interdisciplinary research
A UMD student became the first to digitize a little-known letter between Founding Fathers George Mason, left, and George Washington, while working as a digital archives fellow at Gunston Hall. Letters courtesy of the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall; portraits via Wikimedia Commons. Photo via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: A New Page in U.S. History
MLIS grad student, Nicholas Gentry, digitizes a forgotten 1768 letter between George Mason and George Washington
