Monday August 24, 2026

First day of instruction - Fall 2026 semester

Classes begin for the Fall 2026 semester.

• More about this event
• Browse all iSchool events

• Friday

  August 28

  30th anniversary celebration of the Leep program

  10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

  See the event details
• 

  Rhinesmith's new 'hopeful book' examines how community coalitions work to alleviate digital inequality

  Read the full story
• 

  Wagner to receive James M. Cretsos Leadership Award from ASIS&T

  Read the full story
• 

  Sanfilippo to receive Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award from ASIS&T

  Read the full story
• 

  McDowell to receive ASIS&T Research Impact Award

  Read the full story

Other recent news

Volkmann Scholarship honors library director and mentor

July 15 2026

Carl Volkmann served as a mentor to many librarians throughout his 12-year tenure as director of Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois. Volkmann passed away in 2013, but his commitment to helping future public librarians lives on through the Volkmann Scholarship he and his family established at the iSchool.

Three professors receive inaugural iSchool Research and Scholarship Awards

July 15 2026

Dong Wang (Distinguished Research Scholar, Jessie Chin (Advanced Research Scholar), and Emily Maemura (Early Career Scholar) are the first recipients of the iSchool's Research and Scholarship Awards.

Knox article included in IJIDI anniversary issue

July 14 2026

"Silencing Stories: Challenges to Diverse Books," originally published by Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox in 2019, has been selected for the 10th anniversary issue of the International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion. 

Cheng awarded 2026 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

July 8 2026

Doctoral candidate Siyao Cheng was awarded a 2026 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Beta Phi Mu, the international honor society for library and information studies. The amount awarded for the fellowship is $3,000.