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Graduation 2025 – Celebrating Milestones for Students and the iSchool Alike!

May 19, 2025
On Friday, May 9, with great pride and amid the enthusiastic cheering of family and friends, the University of Texas at Austin School of Information graduating class of 2025 walked the stage in caps and gowns and received their degrees. Go forth, Class of 2025, and change the world!
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iSchool Scholars Shine at CHI 2025 Conference in Japan

May 7, 2025
This year’s ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025) was held from April 26 to May 1 in Yokohama, Japan. A large contingent of iSchool faculty and students was in attendance to present research and connect with others in the field of human-computer interaction.
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2025 Dean’s Award Winners Crown School-wide Capstone Poster Event

May 2, 2025
This year’s Capstone Poster Session was a tour de force of impressive projects, featuring over 150 presentations from undergraduate and graduate students alike. Posters presented ranged from master’s theses and library practica to professional experience projects and focused research reports.
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iSchool MSIS Program Ranks Sixth Nationally in U.S. News & World Report Rankings

April 29, 2025
U.S. News & World Report released new nationwide rankings of library and information studies graduate programs. The iSchool's MSIS program maintained its tradition of excellence in these and other head-to-head rankings, placing in a tie for sixth out of 56 programs assessed.
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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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iSchool at 2024 CSCW

Nov. 20, 2024
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.
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iSchool Well-Represented at 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting

Oct. 30, 2024
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.”
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New AI Institute Led by University of Texas Researchers Will Accelerate Cosmic Discovery

Sept. 18, 2024
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.