Three recent graduates of the Information School will experience a classroom like no other thanks to the UW Bonderman Fellowship, which funds eight months of international solo travel. Moniyat Chowdhury and Justin Elumn, both 2026...
Updated Nov. 2, 2026In 2008, Information School Professor Jacob O. Wobbrock and his research team published a paper describing one of the first accessibility tools designed for the newly released touch-operated iPhone 1. Amid all the...
It’s a volatile time to be a student. Emerging technologies mediate their learning experiences and shape their future career paths faster than institutions can respond. They shoulder concerns about climate change, geopolitical turmoil...
More than 100 attendees filled the room at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on Friday, Oct. 2, for a Society + Technology at UW symposium addressing the power of public research.As the sun set outside the museum’s...
The words and images of famous American writers like James Baldwin or Mark Twain circulate widely online, and are often invoked in social and political conversations. These texts and images — frequently paired together — sometimes draw...
Author Christina Soontornvat reflected on her path from her parents’ Texas restaurant to the pages of her own books during the 2026 Spencer G. Shaw Lecture: “The best way to understand my work is through embarrassing childhood photos...
For five years, Chirag Shah wrote a book without knowing how it would end. The Information School professor compared the experience to writing a murder mystery: He knew the final chapter had to reveal the who, the why and the how, but the answer kept eluding him. When it finally came, it had little to do...
University of Washington Information School faculty members Tanu Mitra and Chirag Shah have received Fulbright awards to advance responsible artificial intelligence through international collaborations in India and Australia, respectively.Fulbright is the U.S. government’s flagship international academic...
Research is most meaningful when it extends beyond labs and publications. Doing work that improves people’s lives often requires us to collaborate with community partners and trust their knowledge and expertise. For example, as part of his research into Indigenous communication and knowledge systems,...
Libraries, archives and museums often face many of the same challenges, but they don’t always approach them in the same way. A new project by the Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives (CALMA) aims to change that and bring the three fields together by developing a research roadmap....
University of Washington Master of Library and Information Science students Holly Samayoa and Sherry Vazhayil are among those awarded 2026-27 ALA Spectrum Scholarships, announced recently by the American Library Association.Samayoa and Vazhayil spoke about what drew them to library and information...
