In the early 1990s, Marcie Stone was one of about 30 people on the Federal Web Consortium, a team responsible for creating the very first public-facing websites for the U.S. government’s Executive Branch agencies. Her decades-long career...
Mike Eisenberg’s trademark enthusiasm was on full display. It was Jan. 6, 2001, and the nascent Information School threw a party in the newly opened, state-of-the-art Mary Gates Hall.In a few short years, the UW’s Graduate School of...
Responsibly managing Indigenous research data takes a great deal of care and intention, especially given a long history of harmful practices. A research team at the Information School is charting a path forward that respects Indigenous...
Asked what she would say to encourage young writers, author Cynthia Leitich Smith made an analogy. “When you're thinking about a story, particularly within books for young readers, but a story in general, I think it's helpful to...
Five Information School students were among dozens who shared insights from their research at the RAISE research center’s recent Fall Exposition in downtown Seattle. RAISE, the Center for Responsibility in AI Systems and...
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and “Clifford the Big Red Dog” are just a few of the iconic picture books that have shaped childhoods for generations. The stories found in these pages teach their...
Lauren Appelbaum worked in tech for a decade after earning her Informatics degree. Then her career took a plot twist.Now a full-time author, Appelbaum, ’13, recently released her second novel, “An Introvert’s Guide to Life and Love.” The book’s protagonist is a remote worker who rarely leaves her...
The Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the University of Washington Information School to support the launch of the UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment. The new institute will bring together leading scholars and practitioners from various disciplines alongside...
Twenty-five years ago, there were no smartphones or social media. Most of us had dial-up internet. We went to Blockbuster when we wanted to rent movies and read newspapers when we wanted to stay informed. Artificial intelligence was the stuff of science-fiction movies. But the internet was evolving rapidly...
Children's and young adult book author Cynthia Leitich Smith writes stories that center Indigenous youth as heroes. Her storytelling draws inspiration from moments and experiences she’s had in her own life.“I didn't really think of it as writing stories about Native characters. I thought of it more like...
While innovation is core to American identity, women inventors were named on only 13% of 2019 U.S. patents. In part, that’s because women’s patents are less likely to make it through the examination process. Research by the University of Washington Information School and the United States Patent and...
