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College of Information Professor Jennifer Golbeck's six rescue retrievers are featured in her new book, "Think Like a Dog," which delves into how to better understand our canine companions through positive psychology. (Photo courtesy of Jen Golbeck)
Maryland Today: Want to ‘Think Like a Dog?’ Try This UMD Prof’s New Book.
Golden retriever rescuer and UMD professor Jennifer Golbeck explores what dogs can teach us about living well
Abigail Hardy with a copper knife blade using the Artec LEO handheld scanner. Photo by Quint Gregory.
UMD Team Works with Piscataway Conoy Tribe and Smithsonian to Bring Cultural Artifacts Back to Community
Working with the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, a team from INFO, ARHU, and MAPP is using 3D scanning to create replicas for community teachin …
Dr. Subramaniam and the students in Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM’s) Master of Information Management (MIP) program
Supporting Library Innovation Abroad: Mega Subramaniam’s Fulbright Journey in Indonesia
Updates from Dr. Mega Subramaniam's Fulbright scholarship advancing library education
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From Evidence to Action: When Research Helps Inform Policy
INFO researchers are informing the regulations and legislation that shape access to technology, education, and public life
With a new round of seed grants. the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland is supporting UMD faculty projects to improve human health, support students, create fairer AI systems and much more. (Illustration by Adobe Stock) Photo via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: AIM Seed Grants Support 11 AI Research Projects
INFO researchers are leading five of 11 interdisciplinary projects selected for UMD’s 2026 AIM AI Research Seed Awards
UMD graduate student Nick Gentry found this early draft of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" in the archives of another civil rights activist, the Rev. John Melville Burgess, at the Virginia Theological Seminary. At left is a photo of the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, cofounder with King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and his secretary, Willie Pearl Mackey, who typed at least three versions of the letter. (Photo courtesy of Virginia Theological Seminary) Photo via Maryland Today.
MLIS Student Spotlight: Maryland Today: A Watershed Text Resurfaces (ft Nick Gentry ’26)
A remarkable archival discovery by MLIS student Nick Gentry uncovered a rare draft of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic letter
News Release: John Bertot Returns to INFO to Lead with Purpose as New Dean
A professor, researcher, and university leader, Bertot brings a record of public impact—and a people-first vision—to the college he …
Left to right: UK Minister Kanishka Narayan, Lee Tiedrich, Singapore Minister Josephine Teo, Yoshua Bengio, Alondra Nelson, Adam Beaumont, Director of the UK AI Security Institute, present the International AI Safety Report at the AI Impact Summit in India.
UMD INFO College’s Lee Tiedrich Leads Global Efforts to Shape AI Policy
As UMD’s inaugural AIM Fellow, Tiedrich helps build the standards and systems needed to turn AI policy into effective practice
