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Students take the lead

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

The Association of Information Management Students recently hosted a startup career fair. With a turnout of around 200 students and 11 startups, conversation among employers and students could be heard echoing outside the HUB’s...

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A healthier approach to gaming

Monday, May 11, 2026

Sitting side-by-side or across the world from their teammates, esports players in competitive video gaming train intensively to win. Games like League of Legends, Dota and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are popular worldwide and can draw...

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How data reveals secrets of the workforce

Thursday, May 7, 2026

The challenge for many companies these days isn’t simply finding talented employees; it’s retaining them. High compensation? Remote working opportunities? These perks don’t always keep workers around. But the field of...

Elisheba Choppala

'Challenging, yet rewarding'

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Early in her career, Elisheba Choppala worked as an intern for a consumer-packaged goods company. She worked on data analysis, and that experience made it clear how much businesses rely on clear information. The internship became a...

Rahul Zende, with the Seattle skyline behind him.

Problem-solvers in demand

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

As a senior principal data scientist at Navy Federal Credit Union, Rahul Zende uses the predictive power of data to build solutions that enable better organizational decision-making and deliver improved service to members. “As much...

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Husky 100 honorees

Monday, April 20, 2026

The University of Washington honored six students from the Information School in the 2026 Husky 100. Awarded to graduate and undergraduate students making the most out of their time at the UW, the Husky 100 is celebrating its 10th...

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Impact awards honor 2 alumni working on frontiers of AI

Monday, May 11, 2026

The 2026 UW Information School Alumni Impact Awards honor a startup entrepreneur and an expert in value-sensitive design, both working at the forefront of the AI revolution.Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Prem Kumar, Informatics ’06, is the CEO of Humanly, a startup he founded in 2020. Humanly is a...

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Information School honors 2 Ph.D. students with teaching awards

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Teaching assistants Jesse Brisbois and Tessa Rose Campbell were recently recognized for the impact they’ve made in the classroom. Through the TA and Pre-Doctoral Lectureship Awards, the University of Washington Information School honors TAs who strive for excellence. Advised by iSchool Associate...

Amy J. Ko

As technology changes, our academic mission adapts

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

I have invited Amy J. Ko, Professor and Associate Dean for Academics, to write about our educational mission and how, 25 years in, the Information School is adapting to meet the current moment.— Anind K. Dey, Dean and ProfessorThe ways we seek and use information are constantly evolving. Oral traditions...

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Professor, Ph.D. alum honored for smartphone accessibility research

Saturday, January 10, 2026

In the late 2000s, one touchscreen device was suddenly able to handle a person’s calls, texts, music, email and web navigation. Information School Professor Jacob O. Wobbrock and then-Ph.D. student Shaun Kane recognized that as smartphones revolutionized technology’s place in people’s lives, those...

Lauren Appelbaum

Informatics alum Lauren Appelbaum's novels inspired by tech

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

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...

Anind K. Dey

25 years in, Information School is more essential than ever

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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...

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