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How to combat online harassment

Monday, November 25, 2024

According to a 2021 Pew Research study, 41 percent of U.S. adults have personally experienced some form of online harassment. The latest statistics from SafeHome.org indicate that as many as 7.5 million people experience online...

Eun Kyoung Choe

Inclusive technology, step by step

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

More than a third of Americans now use health-care apps and wearable devices, tracking everything from walking steps, heart rates, caloric intake and running speeds to daily moods, hourly medications and monthly fertility cycles. For users...

From left, inaugural Black in Informatics co-presidents Ahmed Ghaddah and Thomas Emnetu and 2024-25 co-presidents Saara Uthmaan and Amanual Ayalneh.

A sense of belonging

Friday, November 8, 2024

For Informatics students Thomas Emnetu and Ahmed Ghaddah, the search for belonging and community on campus led to something greater than themselves. In fall 2023, they co-founded Black in Informatics (BINFO), a student organization...

Ben Lee

Faculty adds digital access expert

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Benjamin Charles Germain Lee has a wide background of work — astrophysics, work with archives, machine learning, writing for popular magazines like The New Republic — and he is now bringing those skills and diverse research...

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'Feeling like a lobster'

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Using his drawings of anxiety, inspiration and lobsters, illustrator Christian Robinson told his story about telling stories.  Robinson presented at the UW HUB and over Zoom on Oct. 24 for the iSchool’s 32nd annual Spencer...

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Libraries, museums and archives unite

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

More than two dozen Information School faculty and Ph.D. students are exploring diverse systems of knowledge and how they are produced, collected and accessed. Their work contributes to how libraries, museums and archives adapt to serve...

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Center for an Informed Public educates community about election rumors

Friday, October 25, 2024

The 2024 election cycle is accompanied by a wave of rumors surrounding policies and candidates. Some of these rumors may hold truth, while others are false or unsubstantiated. To address this, the Center for an Informed Public (CIP) is working to educate about these rumors through its election blog series, a...

Anind K. Dey

The iSchool needs room to grow

Monday, October 7, 2024

The iSchool will surpass 2,000 students next quarter, a milestone that reflects the growing urgency of an education in information science. Students see the value of programs that blend technology and liberal arts and put them on a path to a rewarding career.This academic year, we will admit close to 600...

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iStartup Lab awards first micro grants to students, alumni

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The iStartup Lab, co-founded by Information School faculty members Mike Teodorescu and Jeremy Zaretzky, has introduced a new micro grant program designed to support student entrepreneurship. After conducting a survey and interviews across the iSchool’s student population, it was clear to...

Spencer Naar and Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman

MLIS students make valuable connections through iSTAMP

Monday, September 9, 2024

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...

Erica Owan, Melissa McCall and Jet To

4 iSchool MLIS students awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarships

Friday, September 6, 2024

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...

Marika Cifor, Stacey Wedlake, Marria Garrido, Jin Ha Lee

IMLS awards more than $1.3 million to iSchool researchers

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a total of more than $1.3 million in grants to University of Washington Information School researchers to support five projects that build on scholarship in libraries and museums and support their roles in communities.Four of the awards are part...

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