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David McDonald receives NSF award

UW researchers, Dr. Mark Zachry (HCDE) and Dr. David W. McDonald (iSchool), received a $874,978, three-year research award to study self-managed, voluntary virtual work teams. The results of this research will have broad implications for the future of how people work and interact online.

Jill Woelfer awarded Graduate School Medal

iSchool Ph.D. candidate is researching the role of technology and music in the lives of homeless youth in Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

Lassana Magassa receives Google Policy Fellowship

iSchool Ph.D. candidate to work at New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative investigating digital inequality in prisons.

Pamela Kilborn-Miller is a champion for change

iSchool MSIM grad is project manager for the Charter for Compassion, working with 180 partners in 34 countries.

UW receives Academic Excellence designation

CIAC, directed by iSchool Professor Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, was re-designated as a National Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

UW wins iSchool-sponsored security contest

The UW Seattle team won against 10 other teams in this year's Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Contest.

Beth Patin and Maria Garrido confirm critical role of libraries and telecenters in disaster management

The new report, Disaster response in Chile: The critical role of libraries and telecenters, documents the response to the 2010 earthquake and tsunami in Chile.

Informatics students win Microsoft Hack-a-Thon

Patrick Siu and Matt Garrett created a sheep herding game that proved the most popular among their peers.

Jeff Huang wins coveted Facebook Fellowship

Huang's research in search and user-interaction data was key to winning a 2012-2013 Facebook Fellowship.

Joe Tennis and Elisabeth Jones win best poster award

Doctoral candidate, Elisabeth Jones, and Professor Joe Tennis were awarded Best Poster for their poster "Facets of Access" at the 2012 iConference.