Wednesday November 5, 2025

2025 Research Showcase

The Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters. 

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  Olalere receives HSLI Jira Scholarship

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• Wednesday

  October 29

  The AI Disruption Speaker Series: Jeff Clune

  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  Get to know Manas Godha, growth and strategy lead

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  Craig named Illinois Library Luminary

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  Student Spotlight: Daria Meshcheriakova

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• Friday

  October 24

  Speed Friending

  5:30 - 6:30 PM

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Other recent news

What are the benefits of seeing drought through a social lens?

October 28 2025

Much of the Midwest is experiencing drought due to very dry weather in the late summer and early fall. Half of the state of Illinois is in a severe drought, and portions of Central Illinois are in an extreme drought, affecting farmers' yields, particularly for soybeans. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign information sciences professor Dong Wang developed an artificial intelligence-driven drought estimation framework, called SIDE or Socially Informed Drought Estimation. The tool examines societal implications of drought beyond water availability or agricultural losses and how human behavior and environmental conditions influence one another. He talked with News Bureau arts and humanities editor Jodi Heckel.

Brya appointed assistant dean for communications and marketing

October 27 2025

Cindy Brya has been appointed assistant dean for communications and marketing. In her new role, she will lead the iSchool’s Communications and Marketing team, provide counsel to the dean, and shape the overall communications strategy.

iSchool researchers to present at ASSETS 2025

October 23 2025

iSchool faculty and students will present their research at the 27th International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) ACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2025), which will be held in Denver, Colorado, October 26–29, 2025. This conference allows researchers to present their scholarship on design, evaluation, use, and education related to computing for people with disabilities and older adults.

Chan to give an invited talk on "Predatory Data"

October 22 2025

Professor Anita Say Chan will give an invited lecture at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on October 23. The talk, part of the "Confronted with America" series hosted by the Center for American Studies and Research, will be moderated by Jihad Touma, founding director of AUB's School of Computing and Data Sciences.