Imagine losing out on your dream job due to bias in AI tools used in the resume screening process or having your health care compromised for the same reason.Those are the disturbing scenarios that Aylin Caliskan, an assistant professor in...
More than 3,000 people die — and another 400,000 are injured — in distracted-driving accidents in the U.S. each year doing such things as fumbling with the navigation system or sending work texts, according to the Centers for Disease...
Instant buyers, also known as iBuyers, rapidly buy and sell homes using automated models to set prices. These companies, such as Opendoor and Offerpad, can turn around cash offers in a matter of hours, and they’ve captured more than 5%...
Concern that social media is driving the teen mental health crisis has risen to such a pitch that the majority of states in the country have filed lawsuits against Meta (which owns Instagram and Facebook) and the U.S. surgeon general...
“How far did you say it was again? A couple of blocks, more or less?” Picture us, wandering the streets of Paris, looking for a stone shelf set into a wall, across from the Luxembourg Gardens, 36 rue Vaugirard to be exact,...
Six faculty members will join or take on new roles in the University of Washington Information School at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. These scholars will inform undergraduate and graduate education in...
When Spencer Naar joined the iSchool's Master of Library and Information Science program remotely during a career transition, he was undecided as to which aspect of librarianship to pursue. Lacking prior experience in libraries, he hoped to gain additional insight into the field. That's when iSTAMP...
Four University of Washington Master of Library and Information Science students are among the recipients of 2024-25 Spectrum Scholarships, the American Library Association has announced. “We are always so proud to have our students successfully apply for this important scholarship, and...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a total of more than $1 million in grants to University of Washington Information School researchers to support four projects that build on scholarship in libraries and museums and support their roles in communities.Three of the awards are part...
Information School Professor Chirag Shah is the recipient of this year’s ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award, which recognizes a scholar or team each year for their contributions to the field. ASIS&T — the Association for Information Science & Technology — is a community of...
While social media platforms are rife with problems — from harassment to misinformation — many argue that the platforms also nurture political movements, such as the Arab Spring and #MeToo.But in her new book “Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix,” Katherine Cross, a University of...
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