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

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  Craig named Illinois Library Luminary

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  Yu receives 2025 Google PhD Fellowship

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• Tuesday

  November 4

  Invited Talk: Zhen Bai

  1:00 - 3:00 PM

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Other recent news

PhD students receive scholarships from IAPP

October 31 2025

Information Sciences PhD students Mubarak Raji, Eryclis Rodrigues Silva, and Eryue Xu, and Informatics PhD student Muhammad Hussain have received A. Serwin Conference Scholarships from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). The award, which recognizes outstanding students in the areas of privacy, AI governance, and digital responsibility, consists of $1,000 and complimentary conference registration. The IAPP’s annual conference, Privacy. Security. Risk., will be held October 30-31 in San Diego, California.

Perkins defends dissertation

October 30 2025

PhD candidate Jana M. Perkins successfully defended her dissertation, "Scholarship writ large: A data-rich analysis of professionalization in English literary scholarship from 1940 to the present."

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.