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Visually challenged middle-aged woman using smartphone to take a picture of cooking food

App’s AI “Eyes” for Blind Users Fall Short, UMD Researchers Find

October 20, 2026 | Laurie Robinson

Study collects insights aimed at making adaptive tech more effective and easier to use.

A humanoid AI agent robot helping a human worker with coding at a laptop computer symbolizing agentic autonomy at work and the future of automation in jobs with copilot bots as assistants.

Photo licensed by Adobe Stock via Jay Koppelman

TRAILS News: What Tech Workers Tell Their Kids About Careers in the Age of AI (ft. Katie Shilton)

September 22, 2026 | INFO Staff

INFO Professor Katie Shilton explores how AI is reshaping technology careers and the advice parents give children about their futures

Photo courtesy of UMIACS

UMIACS: How We Talk About AI Reveals Whether We Trust It (ft. Julia Mendelsohn)

September 21, 2026 | Diya Sharma | UMIACS

Julia Mendelsohn and collaborators examine how language reveals public trust, uncertainty and perceptions of artificial intelligence

Collage of photo of La Julia Rhea performing Aida superimposed on news clippings from the time.

What Information Science Can Do for Opera History

September 16, 2026 | Laurie Robinson

Two INFO-trained researchers are building new tools to tell the story of opera in D.C.—and the performers and audiences who’ve shap …

Kaleidoscope Program 2026 Scholars

2026 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars Jazmyn Gray (left) and Sofia Isabel Peña Wallace (right).

ARL News: Kaleidoscope Program 2026 Scholars Selected

September 14, 2026 | INFO Staff

INFO students Jazmyn Gray and Sofia Isabel Peña Wallace join 17 scholars selected for the 2026 Kaleidoscope Program.

Researcher scanning artifacts

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

August 27, 2026 | Laurie Robinson

Working with the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, a team from INFO, ARHU, and MAPP is using 3D scanning to create replicas for community teachin …