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On March 10, only days into the widening conflict in Iran, Dr. Lucy Suchman, professor emerita at Lancaster University (U.K.) and a towering figure in the field of human-computer interaction, delivered a guest lecture to iSchool Professor David Gray Widder’s doctoral seminar on Political Economy of AI Supply Chains. Suchman’s lecture, trenchant as it was timely, focused on the risks and often unacknowledged limitations of artificial intelligence as used in warfare.

Each year, the president of the University of Texas at Austin selects a Student Employee of the Year out of a set of finalists nominated by faculty and high-level staff. This year, iSchool undergraduate Ishwari Garge reached the finalist stage. Although the top prize was eventually claimed by University Housing and Dining human resources student associate Sahithi Alla, we take this moment to salute Garge’s contributions to our school and her accomplishment in making finalist.

The 2026 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) was held March 22-26 in Seattle, and the University of Texas School of Information was front and center, showcasing research excellence and leadership in the field. Several iSchoolers were in attendance as presenters, and two received awards. Please join us in congratulating the participants and winners!

Good Systems: Ethical AI at UT Austin is one of the three campus-wide Bridging Barriers Research Grand Challenges. Good Systems recently held an internal seed-funding competition for interdisciplinary faculty teams at UT pursuing projects at the convergence of AI design, human values, and societal need and three out of six grants were awarded to iSchool faculty: Angela D.R. Smith, Earl Huff, Jr., and Ying Ding.