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INFO's Amanda Lazar brings HCI to a DC retirement community, where students and seniors co-design tech solutions like 3D printing! A makerspace built on community needs. 💡 Read the full story: https://t.co/Y3v5Yj2ZQc

New paper by INFO's Doug Oard & Ge Gao: “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human-Centered Machine Translation” explores user-focused MT design. Now on arXiv! 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/q3DPiUznEJ #AIresearch

New paper by Interim Dean Doug Oard: “NTCIR-18 SUSHI Pilot Task Overview” explores evaluation of spoken information retrieval systems. Now in NTCIR-18 Proceedings. 🔗 Read more:https://t.co/vLWfhwGHrc #InformationAccess #AIresearch

New paper by David Weintrop: “Scratch Encore” explores how to create and sustain culturally responsive CS education. Now in Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/nFSJ1wLfeW

New paper by INFO's Beth Bonsignore, Andy Fellows & Tammy Clegg explores campus-scale IoT for smart stormwater management in Advanced Intelligent Discovery. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/5YqKHH7kTl #IoT #SustainabilityTech

HCIM students recently teamed up with AOTF to revamp their website, boosting accessibility and UX. A real-world win for all! 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/cEXdLih2Cq

RT @INFOCollegeUMD: INFO names Douglas W. Oard as Interim Dean. A faculty member since 1996, Oard brings decades of leadership, teaching &…

New paper by INFO's Phuong-Anh Nguyen-Le & Wei Ai introduces VietMix—a Vietnamese-English code-mixed corpus for machine translation. Now on arXiv! 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/pMLYkLVTma #AIresearch

New paper by Yuhang Zhou, Yimin Xiao, Wei Ai & Ge Gao explores how emojis shape harmful online speech & moderation efforts. Now on arXiv: “The Hidden Language of Harm.” 🔗 Read more:https://t.co/LX2MVA9WaE

INFO PhD candidate Amanda Sorensen explores cataloging, colonialism & national identity in Smithsonian records in her new paper in Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/vR9RcH6glP #LibraryScience

New paper by INFO’s Katie Shilton connects participatory #AI to trustworthy AI through a global review of methods & frameworks. Presented at ACM FAccT. 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/7sGCxEINyK #TrustworthyAI #AIEthics

INFO MLIS grad Marianne Wood Forrest’s field study led to a groundbreaking report, per EveryLibrary: The Censorship Acceleration. It traces how book bans became a national political strategy. Read it here: https://t.co/2bhvTIvrLK

INFO & CML honor Darnice Y. Jasper & Billy Allen with the 2025 James Partridge Award for their leadership & impact in inclusive, community-driven librarianship. Read more about their inspiring work: https://t.co/6FOZeasPPB

INFO's Jen Golbeck continues to shape key tech & society conversations. 🧠 She was recently featured in Science and WUSA9, offering insights on scientific literacy & youth cellphone policies. Read more: https://t.co/QaVQJO32tK

INFO's Celia Chen and Jen Golbeck present new research on detecting violence across social media platforms, with a dataset and analysis in WebSci '25. 🔍 Read the paper: https://t.co/SZD5TI47Yc

INFO's Zubin Jelveh introduces a human-centered approach to algorithmic fairness by rethinking how we measure effort.⚖️ Dive into his new arXiv preprint: https://t.co/CydXxyzaxF

At the April 2025 SoDa Symposium, experts explored how generative #AI is transforming social science research from prompt engineering to NLP tools. Learn how INFO fields are using AI to advance education, health & more. 🔗 View more: https://t.co/yBUhRwHEQK https://t.co/4Il5ijRHE5

INFO's David Weintrop explores how interest-driven learning can power data science education for high schoolers in a new IDC '24 paper.📊 Read more about findings from this pilot study: https://t.co/ma4wmy8KsY

RT @UMDResearch: Until 2023, Adriana Alatorre was in peak condition, running at least 30 miles a week before a mild bout of COVID knocked h…