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Black and Witt present at Penn Libraries symposium

Professor Alistair Black and doctoral student Steven Witt discussed their research at the Penn Libraries symposium, The Science of Information, 1870-1945: The Universalization of Knowledge in a Utopian Age, which was held February 23-25 at the University of Pennsylvania and the Beckman Center at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. 

Alistair Black

Hinchliffe named inaugural recipient of Larry Romans Mentorship Award

The American Library Association (ALA) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender and Government Documents Round Tables (GLBTRT and GODORT) are proud to announce iSchool affiliated faculty member Lisa Hinchliffe (MS ’94) as the inaugural recipient of the Larry Romans Mentorship Award. 

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe

App Authors gives elementary students programming experience

Students at Kenwood Elementary School in Champaign are building their own phone apps. Some hope their apps will help solve big problems, such as curbing pollution or money management. Others will let users fight monsters that are trying to take over the world, or let users design a look for their nails.

App Authors - student working at computer

Twidale and Ludäscher to present research at Dagstuhl Seminars

Professors Michael Twidale and Bertram Ludäscher will participate in upcoming Dagstuhl Seminars, which will be held February 26-March 1, in Wadern, Germany. The seminars bring together researchers of international standing and promote personal interaction as well as open discussion of research results and ideas.

Rupp receives ACS Publications Travel Grant

Master’s student Kortney Rupp has been selected by American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications as one of two recipients of the ACS Publications Travel Grant for Librarians and Library School Students.

Kortney Rupp

iSchool to make strong showing at IDCC17

iSchool staff and students will participate in the 12th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC), which will be held on February 20-23 in Edinburgh, Scotland