Tuesday April 14, 2026

iSchool Spring Mixer

iSchool Career Services brings you the inaugural iSchool Spring Mixer! Join us and connect with fellow iSchool students, faculty, and staff in a casual atmosphere.

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• Thursday

  April 9

  AImpact Center Seminar Series: Alex Moehring

  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

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  Liu receives support for AI project through NVIDIA Academic Grant Program

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  New app designed to improve conference experience

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  iSchool launches Summer Intensive

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  Seo selected as CAS Beckman Fellow

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• Tuesday

  April 14

  iSchool Spring Mixer

  3:00 - 4:30 PM

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Other recent news

iSchool researchers to present at CHI 2026

April 13 2026

iSchool faculty and students will present their research at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026), which will be held from April 13–17 in Barcelona, Spain. The conference, considered the most prestigious in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, attracts researchers and practitioners from around the globe.

Wang and Snap Research partner on "Profile Agent"

April 9 2026

Imagine your favorite apps had a "digital twin" of your personality that actually grew up with you. Right now, most AI systems create a static snapshot of your interests. For example, a personal shopper who keeps recommending video games just because you bought one three years ago, even though you've long since moved on to hiking and cooking. To bridge this gap, Professor Dong Wang's team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is partnering with Snap Research to build a "Profile Agent."

iSchool research critical in landmark $95M Apple privacy settlement

April 8 2026

Research led by Associate Professor Masooda Bashir played a central role in one of the most significant consumer privacy settlements in recent history. 

Dahlen selected as juror for 2026 Kirkus Prize

April 7 2026

Associate Professor Sarah Park Dahlen has been selected as one of six jurors for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, given annually in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. The prize is one of the richest in the literary world, with awards of $50,000 in each category.