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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
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
Follow updates from Dr. Mega Subramaniam's Fulbright scholarship advancing library education, digital inclusion and international colla …
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
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
Jason Laucel, InfoSci '26
INFO’s Jason Laucel ’26 Named UMD Commencement Student Speaker
InfoSci senior Jason Laucel ’26 will address UMD graduates, blending AI ethics, leadership, and community-centered impact
Kelly Hoffman, MLIS '07, Phd '23
Alumni Profile: How a Love of Information Led to Capitol Hill
PhD and MLIS alum Kelly Hoffman found her calling in library science—then spent two decades building toward her dream job
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When the Feed Becomes the Front Line
A new generation of AI tools is changing how analysts and aid workers make sense of war in real time—if they can learn to trust what …
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For Caregivers Making Over-the-Counter Medication Decisions Alone, Help May Be on the Way
Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe is using AI to turn dense OTC drug labels into personalized guidance
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Fortune News: Washington State Wants to Keep Employers from Microchipping Workers, Before Anyone Even Gets the Idea (ft. Jessica Vitak)
Professor Jessica Vitak highlights workplace surveillance risks as lawmakers move to ban employer-mandated microchipping tech