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Oktavianus Sinaga

MSIM, 2011

As of 2023, Oktavianus was a senior business analyst at the Department of Digital Innovation Development in the Central Bank of Indonesia.

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Andrew Smirnov

Informatics, 2011

Andrew is currently a Technical Solutions Engineer at Catchpoint, a web performance analytics startup based out of New York.

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Emily Sparling

Museology, 2011

As of 2023, Emily was starting to study at the University of Minnesota Law School in Minneapolis, MN. She is a scholar in the law school’s Robina Public Interest Scholars Program.

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Osman Surkatty

Informatics, 2011

As of 2013, Osman was a security engineer for Amazon Web Services, working on their Elastic Cloud Computing product.

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Rishi Talwar

Informatics, 2011

Rishi is the co-founder of Bottega8, a software consulting company.

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Joel Turner

MLIS, 2011

Joel is working as a technical adviser for media and information literacy at  IREX, a global development non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. He is part of a team that is testing a citizen media literacy skills-building approach called Learn to Discern. The team first tested Learn to Discern in Ukraine, training librarians in citizen media literacy concepts. Joel is currently testing adaptations of Learn to Discern in Indonesia (online-only messaging) and in Arizona (training rural and tribal librarians).

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Jeroen van den Eijkhof

MSIM, 2011

Jeroen has worked with Deloitte Digital in Seattle as a Senior User Experience Architect since 2013.

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Andrew Vitollo

Informatics, 2011

In 2021, Andrew reported working on a useable and secure solution to solve the problems associated with using passwords on the internet: "I am a Senior Product Manager at Trusona, and leading 12 engineers on product strategy around our platform, which has a component of mobile, front end, back end and partner with security and UX to delight our customers. We offer both a mobile app and browser native solution to authentication that doesn't require the use of passwords and instead uses your phones built-in security capabilities. I love the job and company and am definitely using my Informatics background as well as a decade of experience working with customers in various capacities."

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Cathy (Zegelin) Wagner

MLIS, 2011

In October 2016, Cathy began working as Senior Cooperative & Instructional Programs Instructor at the Library of Congress.

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Joshua Walker

MLIS, 2011

In 2013, Joshua began working as a Senior User Experience Designer at LiveAreaLabs, a digital retail agency.

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25 years in, Information School is more essential than ever

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Twenty-five years ago, there were no smartphones or social media. Most of us had dial-up internet. We went to Blockbuster when we wanted to rent movies and read newspapers when we wanted to stay informed. Artificial intelligence was the...
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A photo of Cynthia Leitich Smith and images of two of her books, "Jingle Dancer" and "Sisters of the Neversea."

Cynthia Leitich Smith to share insights on Indigenous stories

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Children's and young adult book author Cynthia Leitich Smith writes stories that center Indigenous youth as heroes. Her storytelling draws inspiration from moments and experiences she’s had in her own life.“I didn't really think of it...
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