The list of Airlift Northwest missions is long: wilderness rescues, plane crashes, car accidents, strokes, heart attacks, neonatal emergencies. Since its founding in 1982, the nonprofit air ambulance service has transported more than...
“Representation matters. It’s a cliché, but it’s definitely true,” said Le Button. Button and Aydin Kwan, both Information School Master of Library and Information Science students, have combined their academic knowledge with...
“Surviving and thriving in the era of tech disruption” was the theme of iAffiliates Day, the Information School’s annual showcase for engagement with corporate and community partners. The event took place on May 3 at the Intellectual...
Nicole Kuhn found the iSchool during the most challenging time of her life. After the unexpected death of her husband, she was left as the sole parent of their four young children. She suddenly had to change her life plans. Years...
High-profile library leader Susan Hildreth has seen the role of the public library – and the public librarian – change dramatically in the digital age. No longer just brick-and-mortar book-lending institutions, these 21st-century...
University of Washington researchers have spent months developing NatureCollections, an app they hope will spark kids to connect with the outdoors. Now they’re ready to put it to the test. The research team, led by Assistant Professor...
Many of today’s technologies leave users feeling like they got lost in a time vortex — they resurface hours later with no memory of what just happened to them. But it doesn’t have to be that way, according to Alexis Hiniker, an assistant professor at the University of...
Information School researchers recently won a pair of 2018 National Leadership Grants for Libraries, awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Assistant Professor Jason Yip and Associate Professor Jin Ha Lee will team up on one of the projects, a three-year, $353,000 effort to involve...
The average preschooler watches more than three hours of TV, film and other video programming each day — just one of many examples illustrating the huge role that entertainment plays in children’s lives. But parents don’t need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers...
A series of talks from experts on disaster response — part of Information School Professor Hans Jochen Scholl's research seminar this past winter — is now available on YouTube. The set of seven video clips from the "Pacific Northwest Disaster Management Speakers Series" include 45- to 75-minute...
The Information School’s leadership in engaging American Indian and Alaska Native students in research was on display at the UW’s recent Colloquium on Undergraduate Research. The colloquium featured keynote speaker Cheryl Metoyer, associate professor emerita and former associate dean for research at...
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