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Data Privacy Series: David Grogen

Data privacy is a growing concern in a world nervous about the growth of "surveillance capitalism" and other potential abuses of access to personal data. This lecture series, co-sponsored by the iSchool and the European Union Center, brings together campus and outside experts on informatics, cultural ideas about privacy, legal compliance and best practices, as well as global governance.

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Orozco Villicana to receive NAGAP Future Leader Award

Moises Orozco Villicana, director of enrollment management at the iSchool, has been selected to receive the 2020 Future Leader Award from the Association for Graduate Enrollment Management (NAGAP). The award is presented annually to individuals who have "clearly exhibited leadership qualities and an enthusiasm for the graduate enrollment management (GEM) profession that distinguishes them as a rising leader in NAGAP and the field."

Photo of Moises Orozco Villicana, Director of Enrollment Management

Diesner to present research at conference on scientific data quality

Associate Professor and PhD Program Director Jana Diesner will give an invited talk at the conference "The Data Quality Challenge: Research during the Digital Transformation," which will be hosted by the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures on February 27-28 in Hanover, Germany. The conference will examine topics such as research integrity and trust, data quality as a political issue, criteria for the scientific quality of data, the data lifecycle, and data quality standards.

Jana Diesner

Tilley to give keynote at C2E2

Associate Professor Carol Tilley will be a keynote speaker at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which will be held on February 28-March 1. C2E2 brings together the best of pop culture, including comics, graphic novels, and manga, as well as movies, TV, video games, and more.

Carol Tilley

New appointment for Smith

Professor Emerita Linda C. Smith has returned to the iSchool on a part-time basis as interim executive associate dean for faculty affairs. In this role, she will provide leadership for iSchool faculty affairs and administrative oversight for the work of the School's associate deans.

Linda C. Smith
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