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Date and time: Friday February 27, 2026, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location:(UNB) Union Building Santa Rita Suite (3.502)
iSchool Research Showcase
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Date and time: Friday March 27, 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Join the School of Information as we celebrate our students recognized as College Scholars and Distinguished College Scholars at UT Austin’s 78th Annual Honors Day ceremony. This university-wide event honors exceptional academic achievement and will take place at the Moody Center on Friday, March 27th at 4:00 p.m.
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Date and time: Friday May 8, 2026, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location:Bass Concert Hall
Join us in celebrating our graduating students at the 2026 iSchool Convocation Ceremony. Family, friends, faculty, and staff are invited to attend as we recognize the achievements of our graduates.
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Prof. Ken Fleischmann to Lead the iSchool as Chair Designate and Interim Dean

Feb. 2, 2026
Effective February 1 of this year, Prof. Ken Fleischmann will take the reins as incoming leader of the iSchool, leading the unit into its next phase. Fleischmann is a trusted and familiar face at the iSchool, a cutting-edge researcher on human-centered AI,and an experienced administrator at the iSchool and beyond.
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The Humans in the Loop: Librarianship in the Age of AI

Jan. 13, 2026
Prof. David Lankes on his new book and the future of the library and archival professions
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Informatics Senior Chinmayee Channuri wins Fall 2025 Dean’s Choice Award for Capstone Project

Dec. 22, 2025
Chinmayee Channuri, an undergraduate senior double-majoring in Informatics at the School of Information and Management Information Systems at McCombs School of Business, has won the Fall 2025 Dean’s Choice Award for her capstone project “Building Product Growth Metrics for Voila Voice.” Dean’s Choice Awards are selected from among graduating iSchool students by Interim Dean Soo Young Rieh at our semi-annual iSchool Capstone Poster Session events.
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A Guide to iSchool Researchers at ASIS&T 2025

Nov. 7, 2025
Nineteen UT Austin iSchool scholars, led by Interim Dean Prof. Soo Young Rieh, will present their research at the ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 14–18. Several community members, including Prof. Yan Zhang, Jiaxin An, and Akhil Adavi, received special recognition for their outstanding contributions.
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Prof. Min Kyung Lee Wins Grant to Explore Impact of Responsible AI on Financial Performance

Nov. 5, 2025
As artificial intelligence has boomed over the past several years, industry commitment to responsible AI has often failed to keep pace, perhaps because executives do not see such practices as essential to their bottom line. This fall, iSchool professor Min Kyung Lee will embark on an investigation, funded by a coalition of major philanthropies including the Ford Foundation and the Omidyar Network, to identify the relationship between companies’ responsible AI practices and their financial outcomes.
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