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Read "From Paper Craft Making to Google’s UX Design Team: Leveraging Creativity to Create Equitable Experiences" from the College of Information Studies
At Robert E. Lee’s Former Residence, Researcher Opens the Door to Overlooked Legacies
“You can’t talk about this house without talking about enslavement,” she said. “There is not a space among this mansion that an enslaved person did not touch.”
How a Handful of K-12 Teachers Doubled Racial Gap in Disciplinary Referrals
A small percentage of teachers is sending an outsized number of students to the principal's office—often for subjective offenses—exacerbating racial disparities in education, according to new research led by the University of Maryland.
UMD Receives $500K to Boost Number of Black, Latina and Native American Women in Computing
A nonprofit tech coalition has awarded the University of Maryland $500,000 to establish a program in the Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing (I4C) to expand the ranks of Black, Latina and Native American (BLNA) women who earn bachelor’s degrees in computing.
Personal health tech can help people monitor and manage their health, but the blind and low-vision community face numerous barriers. They can’t access many of the features that sighted people can, making it harder to keep track of their health data.
Mid-Atlantic Climate Action Hub Launches With $2.2M Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
New Initiative to Link Environmental Justice Efforts Across Five States and D.C.
The David C. Driskell Center is proud to present its spring 2023 exhibition, RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix
Structural Racism Drives Higher COVID-19 Death Rates in Louisiana, UMD Study Finds
From Maryland Today: Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities associated with institutional and societal discrimination, according to new research conducted by an interdisciplinary University of Maryland team.