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MLIS Student Grace Burke

From Classroom Management to Data Management: Unveiling the Multifaceted Role of School Librarians

March 28, 2024 | Laurie Robinson

A look into the experience of an MLIS student’s library internship

(Video) CAFe presents: The Ambivalences of the Unfixed

March 22, 2024 | Logan Delavan-Hoover

U-Arizona professor speaks on archival theory

AI

How to Make Critical Decision-Making Systems Fairer and Build Trust in AI

March 22, 2024 | Laurie Robinson

Researchers from UMD and GW are creating a new measure to make AI systems involved in parole decisions and loan approvals fairer

Meg Medina & Allister Chang

(Video) MacLeod Lecture: Advocating for Books, Children and Imagination in a Time of Division: a Conversation with Meg Medina

March 15, 2024 | Logan Delavan-Hoover

Newberry winner speaks on children’s literature

SoDa Symposium over a yellow background.

(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Socio-Algorithmic Foundations of Trustworthy News Recommendations

March 12, 2024 | Logan Delavan-Hoover

Privacy experts speak on national data efforts

OTTRS Speaker Series: The X-Culture Global Research Platform

(Video) OTTRS Speaker Series: The X-Culture Global Research Platform

March 8, 2024 | Logan Delavan-Hoover

International business professor shares insights about a crowdsourcing platform for business challenges, talent recruitment, and cultur …

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The UMD Do Good Institute

14 Incredible Teams Selected as 2024 Do Good Challenge Semi-Finalists

March 7, 2024 | UMD Staff

INFO students Wadi Ahmed and Ruka Ayele are among the semi-finalists!

Still photo of a music video generated by AI

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Scientific American: Everything to Know About OpenAI’s New Text-to-Video Generator, Sora (ft. Irene Pasquetto)

March 7, 2024 | INFO Staff

A new AI software that generates realistic videos is raising concerns around misinformation applications

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

Partnering with Enoch Pratt—and Beyond

March 7, 2024 | Julie Slivka | UMD Extension

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