Assistant Professor Jiaqi Ma has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to develop new tools to understand how individual components of training data affect the behavior of large artificial intelligence systems. 

A record number of new faculty will join the iSchool this fall: 13 across ranks and disciplines.

As artificial intelligence becomes central to scientific discovery, researchers face a growing but often overlooked risk: the AI models, datasets, and automated systems they depend on can be compromised in ways that conventional cybersecurity tools are not designed to detect.

Professor and Associate Dean for Research Dong Wang has been invited to join the 2026 Computing Research Association (CRA) Emerging Leaders Cohort. The inaugural cohort will be introduced at the 2026 CRA Summit, which will be held from July 21-23 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The summit is an exclusive, invitation-only gathering of senior leaders from academia, industry, and government who are shaping the future of computing research.

Jones' coauthored book, The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive,  was recognized by the Society of American Archivists for its outstanding published work related to archives preservation.

Dong Wang (Distinguished Research Scholar), Jessie Chin (Advanced Research Scholar), and Emily Maemura (Early Career Scholar) are the first recipients of the iSchool's Research and Scholarship Awards.

"Silencing Stories: Challenges to Diverse Books," originally published by Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox in 2019, has been selected for the 10th anniversary issue of the International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion. 

Travis L. Wagner is the recipient of the 2026 James M. Cretsos Leadership Award, which recognizes a new ASIS&T member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ASIS&T activities.

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo as the winner of the 2026 ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. Since 1980, this annual award has honored the unique teaching contributions of exceptional teachers of information science.

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Kate McDowell will receive the 2026 ASIS&T Research Impact Award sponsored by Rutgers University.