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Upcoming Events


Responsible AI for Education
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Scheduled
Date and time: Tuesday April 21, 2026, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Responsible AI for Education a Campus Convening from Good Systems, The Office of Academic Technology, and Enterprise Technology Apr 21, 2026 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM Texas Union (Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom) -2308 Whitis Avenue
Capstone Showcase Event
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Scheduled
Date and time: Friday April 24, 2026, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The year's Spring Capstone Poster Showcase is a celebration of 175 iSchool students and their capstone work. Food and refreshments will be served and the event is open to all students, faculty, and the community.
iSchool Convocation Ceremony
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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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Goldwater Scholarship Recipients 2026

iSchool Student Fiona Romanoschi Named 2026 Goldwater Scholar

April 15, 2026
Fiona Romanoschi, a junior in the UT Austin School of Information's Informatics Program, has been named a Barry Goldwater Scholar for the 2026–2027 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship is one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, with just 454 students selected nationwide from a pool of more than 5,000 applicants this year.
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Two iSchool Community Members Honored with UT President's 2026 Outstanding Staff Awards

April 15, 2026
Two members of the UT Austin School of Information community have been named among the recipients of the UT President's 2026 Outstanding Staff Awards: current student Elista Street and double alumna Katie Pierce Meyer. They join a select group of 30 non-teaching university employees recognized this year for making outstanding contributions to the continuing success of the university. Recipients received a certificate and a $1,500 honorarium.
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Congratulations to Ishwari Garge, Finalist for President’s Student Employee of the Year

April 14, 2026
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 graduate student 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.
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UT Austin and Cornell Medicine Awarded $1M NIH Grant to Tackle Black Youth Mental Health

A research team led by iSchool Professor Ying Ding was awarded a $1 million dollar research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) Program to develop novel interventions targeting risk and protective factors among Black youth with the goal of reducing the suicide rate.

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iSchool Faculty & Alumna Join New National Research Center to Improve Outcomes for Disabled Students

The School of Information is well-represented in a new national initiative to improve outcomes for millions of disabled students on U.S. campuses. The mission of the National Disability Center for Student Success at The University of Texas at Austin is to provide the first comprehensive and actionable research to support disabled student experiences and achievement after high school. Andrew Dillon, V.M. Daniel Professor of Information and dean of the iSchool from 2002 to 2017, is co-investigator of a $5 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences and is the National Disability Center’s Director of Research Dissemination.

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iSchool Well-Represented at 2023 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Andrew Dillon Receives Award of Merit

Several faculty members and doctoral students represented The University of Texas at Austin School of Information at the 2023 Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, which was held in London, UK from October 27-31. The theme of the conference was “Making a Difference: Translating Information Research into Practice, Policy, and Action.”