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Spectrum Scholar Spotlight: Estefania Eiquihua

This "Spectrum Scholar Spotlight" series highlights the School's scholars. MSLIS student Estefania Eiquihua earned her bachelor's degree in English and English teacher education from Illinois State University.

Estefania Eiquihua

iSchool researchers receive Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper

A paper coauthored by PhD student Yuerong Hu, HTRC Associate Director for Research Support Services Glen Layne-Worthey, Alaine Martaus (PhD '19), Professor J. Stephen Downie, and Associate Professor Jana Diesner, "Research with User-Generated Book Review Data: Legal and Ethical Pitfalls and Contextualized Mitigations," has received the Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper at iConference 2023.

Spectrum Scholar Spotlight: Marycruz Flores Reynoso

Thirteen iSchool master's students were named 2022-2023 Spectrum Scholars by the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services. MSLIS student Marycruz Flores Reynoso earned her bachelor's degree in English literary and cultural studies from the University of Oklahoma with minors in Latinx studies and Spanish.

Marycruz Flores Reynoso

iSchool participation in iConference 2023

The following iSchool faculty, staff, and students will participate in iConference 2023, which will be held virtually from March 13-17 and physically from March 27-29 in Barcelona, Spain.

Get to know Daniel Evans, PhD student

As the Pathways Intern with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access, Daniel Evans published two Jupyter notebooks for researching U.S. print culture. The notebooks, located on the Library of Congress's GitHub repository, will provide researchers with a downloadable data set of newspaper title essays and starter code so that they can create queries specific to their own research needs and interests.

Daniel Evans

iSchool students receive Sylvia Murphy Williams Scholarships

Ten iSchool students were named 2022 Sylvia Murphy Williams Scholars by the Illinois Library Association (ILA). The scholarships, which include a one-year membership to the association and a scholarship to the ILA Annual Conference, are given to American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholars who live in Illinois or who are attending graduate programs in library and information science in the state.

Internship Spotlight: Nike

BSIS student Bea Verin discusses her internship experience with Nike. She especially enjoyed the “fun atmosphere” at the company and opportunity to collaborate with fellow interns.

Bea Verin outside Nike building

Han to host workshop for youth to learn Chinese American history

PhD student Yingying Han is helping youth learn about Chinese American history and take action to preserve their cultural heritage. Through a multi-session workshop, which will take place the next four Saturdays from 10:00-11:30 a.m. at the University YMCA in Champaign, Han hopes to teach children about the contributions of Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans to the history of the United States.

Yingying Han

Psi Eta Mu offers professional, social opportunities

Students from the iSchool and other majors who are interested in data science, information sciences, and information systems are welcome to join Psi Eta Mu, the School's official co-ed professional fraternity. Psi Eta Mu is currently holding its rush for the spring semester and plans to accept up to twenty new members.