Monday August 24, 2026

First day of instruction - Fall 2026 semester

Classes begin for the Fall 2026 semester.

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• Friday

  August 28

  30th anniversary celebration of the Leep program

  10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

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  Record number of new faculty to join iSchool this fall

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  Nappo to join iSchool Office of Community, Culture, and Engagement

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  NSF backs new effort to secure scientific AI

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  Ma receives NSF CAREER award

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  He recognized as a University Scholar

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Other recent news

Faculty receive promotions

August 17 2026

The iSchool is proud to announce the following appointments: 

• Masooda Bashir has been promoted to professor, 
• Madelyn Sanfilippo has been promoted to associate professor with indefinite tenure, 
• John Weible has been promoted to principal lecturer, and 
• Elizabeth Wickes (MSLIS '16) has been promoted to senior lecturer. 

Wang invited to join CRA Emerging Leaders Cohort

July 20 2026

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.

Book co-authored by Jones receives Preservation Publication Award

July 17 2026

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.

Three professors receive inaugural iSchool Research and Scholarship Awards

July 15 2026

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.