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Upcoming Events


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Tuesday September 16, 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tocker Lounge
Join us for a Career Fair Prep Session! We will be joined by a Dell Technologies representative who will speak with students about resume preparation, development of an elevator pitch and professional dress for the Career Fair.
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Wednesday September 17, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join the iSchool Graduate Student Services to learn more about the Master's of Science in Information Studies, Dual Degrees, and the School Librarian Certificate graduate programs.
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Friday September 26, 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Join our session to learn about the Informatics Major!
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Our students learn how to think critically, make connections, and utilize empathy to help shape the future of information and technology.

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Research at the iSchool

Our research crosses disciplinary divides, bridges the arts and the sciences, and applies human insights to technological advances.

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Research


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The iSchool Welcomes Prof. David Gray Widder, Scholar of Ethical and Open-Source AI

Aug. 28, 2025
Please join us in welcoming new Assistant Professor David Gray Widder, who starts at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information in December 2025. Widder arrives most recently from Cornell University, where he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Life Initiative from 2023-2025. Prior to that, he received his PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, where his dissertation was titled “Ethics down the AI supply chain: playing with power.”  
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The iSchool Welcomes Prof. Ryan Moore, Expert on Technology and Older Adults

Aug. 18, 2025
The School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin welcomes Assistant Professor Ryan Moore. Moore joins the iSchool from Stanford University, where he earned his PhD in Communication and most recently spent a year as a New Map of Life Fellow at the Stanford Center on Longevity. 
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Prof. Hanlin Li Wins Wikimedia Grant to Help Memory Institutions Share Data Online

Aug. 8, 2025
The School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin congratulates Prof. Hanlin Li, who in July received a grant from the Wikimedia Research Fund for her proposal “Informing Memory Institutions and Humanities Researchers of the Broader Impact of Open Data Sharing via Wikidata.” The grant, which totals $49,450, involves both outreach to GLAM institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) and the proposed creation of a tool to help facilitate the use of Wikidata by such organizations. 
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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.”