Jerrod Moore is going places—literally. Having recently completed his master’s coursework at GSLIS, Moore is preparing to start work in February at GE Capital, which is based in Norwalk, Connecticut, with offices worldwide. Over the next two years, he will live and work in four different cities as a GE Information Technology Leadership Program (ITLP) fellow.
The highly competitive two-year…
GSLIS master's student Erik Ponder and CAS student Kate Rojas (MS '14) have been chosen by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as 2015 Career Enhancement Program (CEP) fellows.
Each year, ARL member libraries select a group of library and information science master's students to participate in this competitive program, which provides avenues for students from traditionally…
In the ongoing challenge to develop new technological innovations, great minds don’t think alike. It was the diverse intellectual backgrounds and strengths of each teammate that allowed a group of four Illinois graduate students to tackle a design challenge that required a multidisciplinary approach.
GSLIS master’s student Chris Nixon called on his friends Berenice Vargas, a fellow GSLIS…
GSLIS doctoral candidate Melissa Villa-Nicholas has been awarded The Barbara and Donald Smalley Graduate Research Fellowship for the 2015 academic year given by the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, where she is pursuing a graduate minor in queer studies. This $12,000 fellowship supports graduate students working on their dissertation and is awarded to a graduate minor in gender and women…
After completing bachelor's and master's degrees in China, Jinlong Guo came to the United States to earn his doctoral degree at GSLIS. Despite his knowledge and expertise in the field, he continues to be impressed by the interdisciplinarity and potential of research in LIS.
Why did you decide to pursue an LIS doctoral degree?
My path to the LIS doctoral degree seems very straightforward…
At the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), scientists study major global issues from climate change to solar activity to air quality. The data collected at NCAR is shared with other researchers in the United States and internationally, contributing to solutions to world-wide environmental challenges.
A thousand miles away, students at the University of Illinois have access to one…
GSLIS doctoral students Emily Lawrence and K.R. Roberto and master's student Kellee Warren will present separate talks at the Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium at the University of Toronto on October 18, 2014. The colloquium aims to view the information field through the critical lens of gender and sexuality, considering the challenges and advantages of that interaction.…
Before beginning his studies at GSLIS, Jarrett Dapier already had several years of experience working at the Evanston Public Library (EPL), where he developed and implemented creative programs to engage teens in reading and self-expression. Last summer, while in his role at EPL, he worked with the Dajae Coleman Foundation to implement programming centered around How Long Will I Cry?, a history of…
As a GSLIS master’s student, Heidi Uphoff appreciated the opportunity to complete her degree while working in Chicago. Now she is earning her Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Digital Libraries while working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Research Library in New Mexico.
Why did you decide to pursue the CAS in Digital Libraries?
I decided to apply toward the end of my master’s…
Doctoral candidate Tiffany Chao has been awarded ASIS&T’s Thomson Reuters Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship
for 2014. Sponsored by Thomson Reuters, the scholarship provides a
$1,500 cash award to support doctoral students with their dissertation
research. The award will be presented at the upcoming ASIS&T 2014
Annual Meeting in Seattle October 31 through November 5.…
LEEP student Lilach Manheim will present her paper, “Information non-seeking behavior,” at the Information Behaviour Conference (ISIC), an international biennial conference to be held this year in Leeds, United Kingdom, from September 2-5. Manheim has received funding from GSLIS to travel and attend the conference.
Manheim’s paper analyzes how the decision to not seek information has…
GSLIS doctoral student Noah Lenstra will serve on the concluding panel at the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) Fall Symposium, which will take place September 12 and 13 at the Illini Union. The theme of the symposium is “Oral History, Archives, and Innovation.”
Lenstra will present his work as the project director of eBlack Champaign-Urbana, a collaborative program focused on creating a…
Kate McDowell (MS ’99, PhD ’07), GSLIS associate professor,
has been appointed assistant dean for the Office of Student Affairs as of August 16, 2014.
McDowell has been serving as interim assistant dean since January and will
continue to oversee admissions, advising, career services, and recruiting while
managing Student Affairs as it expands its services and renews its focus
on student…
Members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Committee on Diversity and Leadership have selected thirteen LIS master's students to participate in the 2014–2016 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) as ARL Diversity Scholars.Underwritten by ARL member libraries, the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce offers numerous financial benefits to program participants as well as…
GSLIS doctoral student Peter Organisciak is among the recipients of the 2014 Outstanding Contribution Award given by the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities. The award recognizes a landmark contribution to the field of digital humanities made by a Canadian researcher or team or researcher(s) at a Canadian institution. The 2014 award honors the group that created and initially maintained a…
Eight GSLIS master's students have been named 2014 Spectrum Scholars by the American Library Association (ALA). Established in 1997, the Spectrum Scholarship Program was created to promote diversity among graduate-level library school students. Each master's-level scholar receives $5,000 from the ALA as well as over $1,500 toward professional development opportunities. In addition, GSLIS provides…
GSLIS master's student Raquel Flores-Clemons is a 2014 recipient of the Society of American Archivists's (SAA) Harold T. Pinkett Minority Student Award. The award recognizes minority graduate students of African, Asian, Latino, or Native American descent who, through scholastic achievement, manifest an interest in becoming professional archivists and active members of SAA.While pursuing her…
GSLIS doctoral student Melissa Villa-Nicholas has been invited to teach research methods at the iSchool Inclusion Institute of Information Sciences (i3) held this June at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Information Sciences. She will join a cohort of four doctoral students from iSchools around the country who will teach qualitative research methods to undergraduate students preparing for…
Each year, GSLIS recognizes a group of outstanding students for their achievement in academics as well as a number of attributes that contribute to professional success. The following student awards were presented at the GSLIS Convocation on May 18, 2014.
Bryce Allen Award for Reference Services
Presented to Holly Luetkenhaus by Assistant Professor Dr. Nicole A. Cooke:
During her time at…
Students of LIS590AP: Publishing as an Information Profession have learned the ins and outs of publishing during the first offering of the course this semester. To put theory into practice, the students have created InfoBlitz, a blog that will feature posts on a variety of LIS topics. Entries will include editorials, commentary on current issues in the field, and reports on field experiences,…
