Smart homes, health-tracking apps, voice assistants like Alexa, even pet robots can trigger an unsettling feeling that’s often referred to as creepiness. This sense of “creepiness” inspired Nassim Parvin to co-author “Technocreep...
Who doesn’t love a good Hollywood story? In the 1930s and '40s, there was a vogue for biopics about scientists and inventors: Don Ameche played Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Muni won an Oscar for playing Louis Pasteur, Greer...
Jared Nistler, a 2020 Master of Library and Information Science graduate, recently was recognized as the Federal Librarian of the Year. The award, announced by the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) through the...
Ryan Calo holds a joint appointment as a professor in the Information School and as the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the UW School of Law. Calo is a prominent voice in tech policy both on campus and globally, with his...
It is both an extraordinary and an extraordinarily difficult time to enter the library profession, says Lorcan Dempsey, an iSchool Distinguished Practitioner in Residence. Over decades, he has observed libraries shift from a transactional...
Building successful, thriving, happy information leaders is Laura Schildkraut’s mission. Since joining the Information School in 2012, she has helped shape and support students.She recently announced that she will retire this summer,...
Tribal youth leaders from across the Northwest gathered at the University of Washington on Aug. 14 to learn how to advocate for their communities’ water resources.The iSchool’s Clarita Lefthand-Begay, Diné, hosted the Tribal Youth Water Summit. Themed “Sustaining Waters, Sustaining Knowledge–Tribal...
Second-year Master of Library and Information Science student Sarina Haryanto is among the 60 recipients of 2025-26 Spectrum Scholarships, the American Library Association has announced.Haryanto, who was a residential MLIS student at the Information School in her first year, is now an online student living...
Information School Professor Chirag Shah was among the 2025 cohort elected to the SIGIR Academy, a prestigious honor that recognizes leaders who have significantly shaped the field of information retrieval. SIGIR is the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest...
Ph.D. ‘25 alum Yim Register is one of two recipients of this year’s iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award. Register became the second University of Washington Information School student to receive the recognition. “I am delighted and honored to have received this award. None of this would have...
Two faculty-led research projects recently received grants from the iSchool to help them further their work and create lasting impact with the help of the Strategic Research Fund (SRF). The SRF is a funding opportunity that supports projects that align with the iSchool’s strategic vision. This year...
