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Then, a vision; now, a force: Information School turns 25

Monday, November 10, 2025

Mike Eisenberg’s trademark enthusiasm was on full display. It was Jan. 6, 2001, and the nascent Information School threw a party in the newly opened, state-of-the-art Mary Gates Hall.In a few short years, the UW’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science had been transformed. It had added an Informatics undergraduate program and a...

$1.5 million grant supports Indigenous data stewardship

Monday, November 3, 2025

Responsibly managing Indigenous research data takes a great deal of care and intention, especially given a long history of harmful practices. A research team at the Information School is charting a path forward that respects Indigenous people’s sovereignty over their data. The project, called Data Services for Indigenous Scholarship and...

Informatics alum Lauren Appelbaum's novels inspired by tech

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Lauren Appelbaum worked in tech for a decade after earning her Informatics degree. Then her career took a plot twist.Now a full-time author, Appelbaum, ’13, recently released her second novel, “An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love.” The book’s protagonist is a remote worker who rarely leaves her apartment until her grandmother dies and...

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