March 14 - 22, 2026

Spring Break

Spring Break begins on March 14, 2026 through March 22, 2026. 

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  He inducted into Sigma Xi

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• Friday

  March 13

  Tour the Sousa Archive

  1:00 - 2:00 PM

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  Get to know Sid Patil, director of data strategy & alumni insights

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  New multi-institutional project to use AI to represent past historical periods

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  Get to know: Alex Aspiazu, librarian

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• Wednesday

  March 25

  Webinar: Data Literacy

  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Other recent news

Chan’s "Predatory Data" named a 2026 PROSE Award finalist

March 17 2026

Professor Anita Say Chan's book Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future (University of California Press, 2025) has been named a finalist in the Computing and Information Sciences Category of the 2026 PROSE Awards. The annual awards bestowed by the Association of American Publishers recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing and celebrate works that have made significant advancements in their respective fields of study.

iSchool launches Summer Intensive

March 12 2026

This summer, iSchool students will have the opportunity to enroll in select courses through the new Summer Intensive pilot program, which will take place on campus over the course of two weeks. Each course will run for one week, with lessons lasting all day. Students may enroll in courses for one or both weeks, for a maximum of four credit hours. In addition to the all-day classes, students will enjoy a range of academic, professional, and social events in the evenings and on the adjoining weekends.

Hassan and Bashir receive distinguished paper award

March 6 2026

A paper co-authored by PhD student Muhammad Hassan and Associate Professor Masooda Bashir received the Distinguished Paper Award at the Workshop on Security and Privacy in Standardized IoT, which was held last month in San Diego, California, in conjunction with the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2026. 

iSchool researchers to present work at Technocracy Conference

March 4 2026

This week, iSchool PhD students and faculty will present their research at the Technocracy Conference. Hosted by the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois on March 5–6, the conference will begin with a panel of graduate student papers and continue the following day with invited speakers and a keynote. All events will take place at the Levis Faculty Center on the Urbana campus.