Thursday April 17, 2025

Webinar: Design and the Philosophy of Information

Please join Library Trends in discussing the philosophy of information within librarianship in our webinar featuring guest editors and authors from 73 (1–2) Design and the Philosophy of Information.

We are pleased to offer open access to this issue. 
 

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• Friday

  April 11

  Want to Be a Data Scientist?

  11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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  Knox appointed interim dean

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  iSchool at Illinois ranked number one

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  Ocepek and Sanfilippo co-edit book on misinformation

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• Monday

  April 28

  Yingjun Guan’s Dissertation Defense

  9:00 - 11:00 AM

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  Spectrum Scholar Spotlight: Katherine Mendoza Gonzalez

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Other recent news

Wang wins grand prize at Research Live!

April 11 2025

Informatics PhD student Olivia Wang won the Grand Prize at the 2025 Research Live! competition, which was held on April 8 in the Campus Instructional Facility Atrium. At the event, which is hosted by the Graduate College, thirteen finalists presented their graduate research in three minutes or less to a general audience. Wang received $500 as the Grand Prize winner.

Zhou defends dissertation

April 3 2025

Doctoral candidate Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou successfully defended his dissertation, "A Pragmatic and Human-centered Approach to Promoting Software Accessibility: Design, Education, Governance," on April 3.

Library Trends explores the philosophy of information in issue and webinar

April 2 2025

The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce the publication of Library Trends 73 (1–2). Inspired by the contributions of Marcia Bates, this issue, "Design and the Philosophy of Information," highlights the cultural, social, and philosophical dimensions of information design. Ken Herold served as guest editor. 

Scholarship alleviates financial burden for returning student

March 31 2025

During her time as an active-duty Naval Officer, Anna Hartman realized that she had a passion for helping others and building community. That passion, combined with a lifelong love of reading, led her to pursue an MSLIS degree at the University of Illinois. Hartman is receiving support for her studies through the Balz Endowment Fund, which was established by Nancy (BA LAS '70, MSLIS '72) and Dan (BS Media '68, MS Media '72) Balz to help make education more affordable for returning students.