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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  Wang appointed to Autism Data Privacy Advisory Group

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• Wednesday

  October 22

  The AI Disruption Speaker Series: Rishi Bommasani

  9:00 - 10:00 AM

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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

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.

Olalere receives HSLI Jira Scholarship

October 20 2025

Precious Olalere, a doctoral student in information sciences, has been awarded the 2025 Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship from the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI). This award supports individuals pursuing education in library or information science in Illinois, especially those focusing on health science librarianship.

iSchool researchers present at ILA 2025

October 14 2025

School faculty, staff, and students will present their research at the 2025 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Annual Conference, which will be held on October 14–16 in Rosemont. The theme of this year's conference is "You Belong Here."

Library Trends examines genre classifications in latest issue

October 9 2025

The iSchool at Illinois is pleased to announce the publication of Library Trends 74 (1), titled “Genres and Their Uses in Cultural Documentation: Exploring Generic Access to Creative Worlds.” Pushing back against the notion of genres as “inferior” classifications due to their ambiguity, this issue instead explores how genre classifications facilitate access to creative works in libraries and beyond.