The idea grew out of a disagreement. Eva Maxfield Brown was an undergraduate student six years ago at the Information School. She was paying close attention to a controversial issue before the Seattle City Council to allow a new NBA arena...
Julius Cecilia has found it hard to watch his sister, who has life-threatening food allergies, end up in the hospital repeatedly. He wanted to find a way to make life easier for her and for other people who suffer from similar...
The University of Washington Women in Informatics group (affectionately known as Winfo) gathered on a Saturday in December for its 11th annual hackathon. In a ballroom at the Husky Union Building, 190 students in 50 groups developed unique...
Members of the University of Washington community have lacked a tool to declare their pronouns in directory listings, but soon they will have one. Master of Library and Information Science alum Lauren Manes is helping make it happen...
The Association for Computing Machinery has honored Information School Professor Jacob O. Wobbrock and colleagues with a 10-year lasting impact award for their groundbreaking work improving how computers recognize stroke...
Gennie Gebhart’s job is far from simple. But she sums it up simply. “I mostly yell at tech companies,” she said. “When I really want to boil down my job description, I say, ‘I make my living yelling at any tech company that is...
University of Washington Information School alum Daniel Guorui Chen, Informatics ’22, has been named a Marshall Scholar, one of the highest honors available to college graduates in the U.S. Chen plans to attend the University of Cambridge. “I was so surprised when I learned I was awarded. This is such...
UW Information School Professor Chirag Shah is among 67 global scholars recognized this year as Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for their outstanding contributions to the computing field. The ACM is the world’s largest computing society. It recognizes up to...
The current landscape of uncertainty, unpredictability and unease has reached those of us in the once impermeable tech field. We at the iSchool want our alumni to know that we stand with you — especially if the cuts have directly impacted you. As companies look to cut costs in the face of softening...
Katherine Cross is a Ph.D. candidate at the Information School whose research focuses primarily on the dynamics of online harassment, particularly on social media. Anna Lauren Hoffmann is an iSchool associate professor who researches the ethical challenges and risks of technologies, and much of her work has...
Informatics students know how to work hard and earn high grades. One student, Marie O’Connell, found another way to ensure that she earned an A: by hacking her professor. Andrew Reifers, an associate teaching professor at the University of Washington Information School, offers students a unique...
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