Professor Matthew Lease, who has taught at the School of Information (iSchool) since 2009, has been recognized with two “Test of Time” awards. These awards recognize the enduring impact of research papers published over a decade ago. Congratulations on this significant accomplishment, Dr. Lease!

We are saddened that Dr. Donald G. Davis, Professor Emeritus at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, has passed away. Dr. Davis was an esteemed faculty member at the iSchool for thirty-four years and a leading expert in library history.

Twenty faculty members, students, and two recent graduates from The University of Texas at Austin School of Information presented at the 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW) in San José, Costa Rica, on November 9-13, 2024. CSCW is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks.

Several faculty members and doctoral students represented The University of Texas at Austin School of Information at the 2024 Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, which was held in Calgary, Canada from October 25-29. The theme of the conference was “Putting People First: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Care in Information Research and Practice.”

The University of Texas at Austin has been chosen to lead a new institute that harnesses artificial intelligence to explore some of the leading mysteries of the universe, including dark matter and the fundamentals related to the search for life. Housed in UT’s Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins will be funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation.