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

  November 5

  Urbana Free Library, Champaign County Historical Archives and You

  12:00 - 1:00 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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• Wednesday

  November 12

  Movie Night: Wicked

  5:00 - 7:00 PM

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Other recent news

Kang makes sense of too much information

November 5 2025

As an MSIM student at the iSchool, Zhanchen Kang is passionate about helping people make sense of the overwhelming amount of information in their daily lives. Kang earned an undergraduate degree in information systems in China before coming to the University of Illinois to further explore how technology, data, and people intersect. 

Students from The Stu/dio to present work at MDEV

November 4 2025

Students from The Stu/dio, the University of Illinois student-led game production studio, are preparing to take the stage at MDEV 2025, which will be held on November 7-8 in Madison, Wisconsin. One of the Midwest's most popular game industry conferences, MDEV celebrates innovation and collaboration in game development by bringing together game designers, developers, and enthusiasts from across the region for panels, workshops, and networking. 

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."