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One of the world's top schools in information science. Offering degrees in Informatics, Library and Information Science (MLIS), Information Management (MSIM), and Museology, and doctorates in information science. Seattle, WA.

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · Oct 15
In Dean Anind Dey's latest letter to the iSchool community, he marks this academic year's milestone: 25 years of the University of Washington Information School! Read the letter, and join us in celebrating: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...
25 years in, Information School is more essential than ever
Twenty-five years ago, there were no smartphones or social media. Most of us had dial-up internet. We went to Blockbuster when we wanted to rent movies and...
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iSchool Professor Jacob O. Wobbrock, Ph.D. student Seokhyun Hwang and colleagues have been studying how touch screens in cars affect driving. Results could help auto manufacturers design safer, more responsive screens and in-car interfaces. Read more in @geekwire.com www.geekwire.com/2025/uw-stud...
UW study finds touch screens in cars create a multitasking problem that impacts driving
The results could help auto manufacturers design safer, more responsive screens and in-car interfaces.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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📚 In honor of National Library Week we spoke with Julie Tanaka, associate dean for Distinctive Collections at @uofwa.bsky.social Libraries, about the library's unique 1544 edition of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy."

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April 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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MSIM Academic Advisor Cameron Cramer earned our latest Staff STAR (Staff Tribute and Recognition) Award. Cramer was recognized by the iSchool community for his commitment to student success, exceptional collaboration, problem-solving skills and leadership of key events. Congratulations!
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December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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We're currently accepting applications to hire up to two @cip.uw.edu postdoctoral scholars to join our team in Seattle. The priority deadline to apply is January 15, 2026.

For the position description, salary range, qualifications and application process, click here: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Ph.D. alum @kristenshino.bsky.social, now an associate professor at the School of Information at Rochester Institute of Technology, discussed fonts, accessibility and policy changes this week on NPR. Check out the interview: www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
U.S. State Department changes official font from Calibri back to Times New Roman
The U.S. State Department changed its official font from the reader-friendly Calibri back to Times New Roman. Michel Martin speaks with an accessibility design expert about why fonts matter.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Information School Associate Professor Bill Howe is among the authors of the paper "Voyager: Exploratory Analysis via Faceted Browsing of Visualization Recommendations," recently recognized with the InfoVis Test of Time Award.
December 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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“Social media algorithms direct our attention and influence our moods and attitudes, but until now, only platforms had the power to change their algorithms’ design and study their effects,” said Saveski, a @ischool.uw.edu assistant professor.

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Social media research tool can reduce polarization — it could also lead to more user control over algorithms
A web-based method was shown to mitigate political polarization on X by nudging antidemocratic and extremely negative partisan posts lower in a user’s feed. The tool, which is independent of the...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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In the latest from @cip.uw.edu, Mert Can Bayar @mertcanbayar.bsky.social analyzes how knowledge gaps can lead to the spread of speculative theories, such as those shared by a Harvard astrophysicist that the comet known as 3l/ATLAS might be an alien "mothership." (1/3)

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Alien of the gaps: How 3I/ATLAS was turned into a spaceship online
When we reach the frontier of current knowledge, we’re tempted to insert a higher power into the space where answers aren’t yet satisfying for all.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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🎉 “ALA welcomes the good news that IMLS is restoring all federal grants that had previously been terminated. This means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, & economic opportunity." #librarysky www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#CFP: Our Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives (CALMA) invites proposals for the inaugural Black Information Futures Symposium, February 21–23, 2026, in Seattle. Please save the date & reshare!

Submit a proposal by 12/10: #phdchat calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-news/call...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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What if you could see fewer hostile political posts on social media? A new paper out in Science by Martin Saveski @msaveski.bsky.social of the iSchool, along with @tiziano.bsky.social, @jiachenyan.bsky.social, Jeff Hancock, Jeanne Tsai and @mbernst.bsky.social, explores this: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Screenshot of research article in Science titled "Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization." Full text available at https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu5584.
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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New paper in Science:

In a platform-independent field experiment, we show that reranking content expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity in social media feeds alters affective polarization.

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Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used this method to conduct a preregistered 10-day field experiment with 1256 participants on X during the 2024 US presidential campaign. Our experiment used a large language model to rerank posts that expressed antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity (AAPA). Decreasing or increasing AAPA exposure shifted out-party partisan animosity by more than 2 points on a 100-point feeling thermometer, with no detectable differences across party lines, providing causal evidence that exposure to AAPA content alters affective polarization. This work establishes a method to study feed algorithms without requiring platform cooperation, enabling independent evaluation of ranking interventions in naturalistic settings.
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Are you interested in pursuing a career in Law Librarianship? Attend our MLIS Law Librarianship Information Session on Friday, December 5, 2025 from 4 - 5 p.m. PT. Hosted virtually on Zoom; recording available to registrants.

Sign up: bit.ly/448fpp1
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December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Early bird registration for the 2026 WA & OR Higher Ed Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) ends Dec. 19! Register now to join us on the UW campus March 2-4, 2026: socialenterprisesinc.swoogo.com/WOHESC2026/r...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Are you a journalist seeking UW faculty expertise?

Check out our list of Information School scholars at @uwnews.uw.edu: www.washington.edu/news/experts...

Full list of our faculty members and researchers: ischool.uw.edu/people/faculty
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Below is a list of experts on various topics at the UW in alphabetical order. Use the search bar to find people by name, expertise, department, etc. If you don’t see the topic or expert you’re...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The Canopy Neurodiversity Foundation awarded a $15 million grant to the UW Information School to support the launch of the UW Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment. ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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"Our findings were stark: Unless bias is obvious, people were perfectly willing to accept the AI’s biases,"said Kyra Wilson @kyrawilson.bsky.social, PhD student and lead author of a study on AI-human hiring practices. #AIESConf

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People mirror AI systems’ hiring biases, study finds
In a new UW study, 528 participants worked with simulated AI systems to select job candidates. The researchers simulated different levels of racial biases for resumes from white, Black, Hispanic and.....
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December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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On Native American Heritage Day, we highlight the importance of data sovereignty and the need to ensure that Indigenous communities maintain control, representation, access and ownership of culturally sensitive data. Read more about this project led by the Information School bit.ly/44kvwQg
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November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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After taking @jevinwest.bsky.social and @carlbergstrom.com's online course and learning with the @cip.uw.edu, Sedro-Woolley teacher Linsey Kitchens incorporated more AI literacy in her classroom. Students were surprised that an AI program provided incorrect information.
salish-current.org The Salish Current @salish-current.org · Nov 20
Sedro-Woolley High School English teacher Linsey Kitchens instructs students during a recent lesson on artificial intelligence. The lesson is one of several being implemented in the school’s English classes this semester to foster AI-based literacy.

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Sedro-Woolley English teachers bring AI literacy into the classroom
Several English classes at Sedro-Woolley High School are implementing lesson plans designed by Linsey Kitchens to help students understand the limitations of artificial intelligence programs such as C...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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“Part of [being human] is having that curiosity, that willingness to explore and discover and stumble,” Prof. Chirag Shah tells @thedailyuw.bsky.social. “So when we start to take those away for a fast answer, we're taking away something that is fundamental to humans.” www.dailyuw.com/article/d8h8...
Accountability, agency, and the AI overview
Accountability, agency, and the AI overview
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November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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People are generally more prone to believing misinformation when they see it in videos, @jevinwest.bsky.social told @atmosmag.bsky.social. “Even if you almost know they’re fake, it’s hard to dislodge yourself from them not being real,” the @cip.uw.edu co-founder says. atmos.earth/science-and-...
AI-Generated Animals Are Distancing Us From Nature | Atmos
Cuddly polar bears and hyperrealistic chimeras may seem harmless on social media, but experts worry AI animal content can be harmful.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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"We want to see better guardrails, better tools for combating misinformation and hallucinations, and better accountability when things go wrong," Professor Chirag Shah said of AI overviews. Shah provided expert opinion to The College Investor: thecollegeinvestor.com/66208/37-of-....
We Asked Google Search 100 Money Questions - Here’s What It Got Wrong
Google’s AI Overviews still struggles with personal finance topics, from student loans to taxes, according to new research.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Researchers Kennedy Orwa, Mike Teodorescu and Wanda Pratt of the iSchool, along with Yue Wu of UW Ophthalmology, earned a Population Health Initiative grant to support the project “Building AI-Ready Health Systems for Equitable Diabetic Retinopathy Screening.” www.washington.edu/populationhe...
Initiative awards eight early-stage pilot grant to interdisciplinary UW research teams
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced today the award of eight, $25,000 Tier 1 pilot grants to interdisciplinary teams of UW researchers. These teams collectively...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Blast from the past! @ualbanyalumni.bsky.social & retired @ischool.uw.edu Professor Emeritus Jochen Scholl visited @ctgualbany.bsky.social almost 23 years to the day he departed for the West Coast. A leader & legend in the #DigitalGovernment field, we wish him the best in his well earned retirement!
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM