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Friday April 25, 2025, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
UTA 5.522 (Large Conference Room)
Please join us for the inaugural Archives Project Showcase highlighting student work at UT and regional archives, as well as exceptional and unique independent study, volunteer work, and class projects.
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Monday April 28, 2025, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Please join us at the McCombs School of Business CBA Hall North to celebrate our graduating students as they present their capstone projects!
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Friday May 9, 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Mark your calendar for this year's graduation ceremony! More details to follow.
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Our research crosses disciplinary divides, bridges the arts and the sciences, and applies human insights to technological advances.

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UT Ranks in Top Five iSchools Worldwide

March 26, 2025
Join us in celebrating a significant recognition of the iSchool’s global leadership: In QS’s newly released World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Library & Information Management, the University of Texas School of Information ranks #5 globally and #3 in the United States.
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Dr. Lease Wins Two “Test of Time” Awards in 2024

Dec. 13, 2024
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!
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Dr. Donald G. Davis, Jr. (1939-2024)

Dec. 11, 2024
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.
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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.”