Tuesday September 8, 2026

Statistics and Information Sciences Career Fair

This career fair is being held for students in the iSchool and the Department of Statistics. Students should come prepared to engage with employers and learn about their organizations and the positions they are hiring for. This event is open to undergraduate and graduate students. 

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• Tuesday

  September 8

  ACDIS seminar with Meicen Sun

  5:00 - 6:00 PM

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  He recognized as a University Scholar

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  NSF grant supports study of accessibility in curriculum

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• Wednesday

  September 9

  2026 Windsor Lecture

  2:00 - 3:00 PM

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  Ma receives NSF CAREER award

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  Six Illinois students named Spectrum Scholars for 2026–27

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Other recent news

Internship spotlight: Anchorage Museum Library and Archives

September 4 2026

MSLIS student Sydney Durst spent the summer of 2026 interning with the Anchorage Museum. "I found myself really pulling from my lessons in my metadata classes," she said. "A big part of the task was identifying what information was important to put in searchable descriptions for researchers!"

Library Trends explores threats to cultural heritage materials in latest issue

September 3 2026

The iSchool at Illinois is pleased to announce the open access publication of Library Trends 75 (1) “Cultural Heritage in Crisis.” 

Wedgeworth to deliver the 2026 Windsor Lecture

September 3 2026

Robert Wedgeworth (MSLIS '61), former University Librarian at Illinois and the iSchool's 1991 Distinguished Alumnus, will deliver the 2026 Windsor Lecture at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9, online via Zoom. Room 126 in 501 E. Daniel Street will be available for viewing.

Illinois researchers part of DOE Genesis Mission Award team

September 2 2026

A research team including professors Jingrui He of the School of Information Sciences and Hanghang Tong of the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a Phase II award through the US Department of Energy's Genesis Mission to develop a model for electric grid expansion.