Sunday May 17, 2026

iSchool Convocation Ceremony 2026

The iSchool's ceremony will be broadcast live online so all students and their family and friends can watch if they are unable to attend the ceremony in person. Please see the Convocation page for eligibility requirements, registration, deadlines, and ceremony preparation. 

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  Kraus wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize Award in Fiction

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  Raji invited to join UN Working Expert Group

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  Paper by He's lab recognized at ICLR 2026 workshop

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  iSchool to shape development of cultural heritage documentation standards

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• Sunday

  June 28

  Alumni reception in Chicago

  5:00 - 7:00 PM

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  Record number of instructors recognized for teaching in Fall 2025

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Other recent news

Cloonan to deliver iSchool Convocation

May 11 2026

Michèle Cloonan (MS '84, PhD '88), dean and professor emerita in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University, will deliver the 2026 iSchool Convocation address on Sunday, May 17, at 1:30 p.m. at the Activities and Recreation Center. For those who would like to watch the ceremony online, live video will be available as well as archived for future viewing.

Faculty and staff recognized with inaugural iSchool awards

May 7 2026

The iSchool recognized faculty and staff for their contributions to teaching and outstanding service to the School at a ceremony on May 6. Interim Dean Emily Knox presented plaques to the inaugural recipients of the Faculty Teaching Award, Adjunct Teaching Award, and Staff Excellence Award.

Kemboi receives Young LIS Professional Award

May 4 2026

PhD student Gladys Kemboi has been named a recipient of the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) Excellence Awards 2026 in the category of Young LIS Professional. This is an international award recognizing excellence in library and information science in Africa. 

Downie presents TORCHLITE in Germany

May 1 2026

This week, Professor and Executive Associate Dean J. Stephen Downie was a guest speaker at the Herder Institute in Marburg and the University of Göttingen. Downie, who serves as co-director of the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), lectured on the HTRC's "Tools for Open Research and Computation with HathiTrust: Leveraging Intelligent Text Extraction" (TORCHLITE) project.