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Upcoming Events


Flyer: Community Data Science Collective visits the UT Austin iSchool, Friday September 25, 2026. Colloquium and book talk, Peer Production, with Aaron Shaw and Benjamin Mako Hill, 12:30 to 2:00 pm; graduate student poster session at 4:30 pm.
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Date and time: Friday September 25, 2026, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Location:UTA 5.522 (Large Conference Room)
Benjamin Mako Hill and Aaron Shaw present the story of the origins, characteristics, and uncertain future of peer production, the collaboration behind Wikipedia, Linux, and much of the internet.
Speed Friending flyer: Texas iSchool and iUSC present Speed Friending, Friday September 25 at 3:15 pm, WCP 3.112, snacks included. Meet fellow iSchool students, make friends and build your community.
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Date and time: Friday September 25, 2026, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Location:(WCP) William C. Powers Jr. Student Activity Center (3.112)
Meet fellow iSchool students, make friends, and build community with the Texas Informatics Undergraduate Student Council. Friday 25 September, 3:15 to 4:15 pm, WCP 3.112.
Flyer: Community Data Science Collective visits the UT Austin iSchool, Friday September 25, 2026. Colloquium and book talk, Peer Production, with Aaron Shaw and Benjamin Mako Hill, 12:30 to 2:00 pm; graduate student poster session at 4:30 pm.
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Date and time: Friday September 25, 2026, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location:UTA 1.208
CDSC graduate students share current research on online communities, open collaboration, and the social dynamics of the internet. Come talk with them about their work.
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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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Research


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Career Paths: Katie Prentice’s Front-Row Seat to Changing Library Leadership

Sept. 14, 2026
The director of a top medical library on her professional path and vision of the future

James Howison Wins Grant to Make Science Software Visible in the Scholarly Record

Sept. 8, 2026
Engineers, algorithms, and software quality all benefit from AI-driven attribution effort

iSchool Mourns Passing of Dean Emeritus Ronald Wyllys

Sept. 4, 2026
Specialist in the mathematics of information led the school from 1982-1990, a time of key changes
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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.”