Teaching assistants and pre-doctoral lecturers play a crucial role in shaping students’ academic experiences. The Information School recently recognized two of them — Ph.D. candidates Erin Beneteau and Mandi Harris — for their...
Dozens of online students and several alumni from the Information School’s Master of Science in Information Management program gathered at the University of Washington campus for the third annual MSIM Online Student Summit to...
Museums play an important role in learning, storytelling and community, and UW Museology students have fostered a place on campus for just that.The two-year Museology master’s program features a cohort model to connect students with...
To post, or not to post? That is the question.Or rather, that is one of many questions facing young people, their parents and their teachers in today’s fast-paced digital world. For educator Melissa Chittenden, who has worked at...
In a complex world, educating children about adult issues like climate change may present a daunting challenge. However, for iSchool Ph.D. candidate Itza Carbajal, equipping youth with the skills to understand these topics is second...
Despite the morning’s sparkle as snow covered the UW Seattle campus, iSchool students and alumni gathered for the 2025 UW iSchool Career Fair.The annual iSchool Career Fair offers the community the opportunity to network with employers...
Community archives are an important way of preserving knowledge and making it accessible, including for historically marginalized groups whose stories are often ignored or misrepresented. Such archives, however, rarely have the resources they need. A new grant will help address some of that problem while...
MSIM ‘24 graduate Adrian Lavergne was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) finalist. Until recently, the PMF was a prestigious leadership development program for advanced degree holders, offering a pathway into careers in the federal government. Lavergne’s interest in public...
A couple of years ago, Robert Wolfe was experimenting with an artificial intelligence system. He wanted it to complete the sentence, “The teenager ____ at school.” Wolfe, a University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School, had expected something mundane, something that most teenagers...
As last month’s devastating wildfires raged in Los Angeles, the city’s residents faced a barrage of falsehoods on social media along with erroneous evacuation alerts from official sources. In search of timely, accurate information, millions turned to Watch Duty, a free and nonprofit app that tracks...
While most people like giving gifts, plenty don’t particularly like shopping for those gifts — drifting through online search results, comparing 4.3 stars to 4.5 stars. But big tech is racing for a future in which artificial intelligence bots can shop for you. Among the buzziest tech this season is a new...
