Sunday June 29, 2025

iSchool Reception at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference

Join the iSchool at the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia! 

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  Education of Things named a SHARP Book Prize finalist

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  He receives Amazon Research Award to improve monitoring of Earth’s ecosystem

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  Sanders joins Academic Affairs

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  Scholarship provides validation, motivation for Martinez

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  Jang awarded the Jeffrey S. Tanaka Grant for Asian American Studies

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  iSchool undergraduates selected as 2025 Community-Academic Scholars

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Other recent news

New project improves accessibility of health information through AI

May 30 2025

Assistant Professor Yue Guo has received a $30,000 Arnold O. Beckman Research Award from the U of I Campus Research Board for her project, "Optimizing Personalization in Plain Language Summaries: Comparing Predictive and Interactive Approaches for Tailored Health Information." 

Han successfully defends dissertation

May 30 2025

Doctoral candidate Yingying Han successfully defended her dissertation, "Community Archives as Agency: Documenting Chinese American Experiences in the U.S.,” on May 28.

Student award recipients announced

May 28 2025

The School of Information Sciences recognized student award recipients at the iSchool Convocation on May 18. Awards are based on academic achievements as well as attributes that contribute to professional success. For more information about each award, including past recipients, visit the Student Awards page. Congratulations to this year's honorees!

2024 Downs Intellectual Freedom Award given to Shannon M. Oltmann

May 20 2025

For translating her research on censorship and intellectual freedom into practical guidance for library workers, Shannon M. Oltmann, associate professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky (UK), has been named the 2024 recipient of the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award.