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After earning his BSIS+DS, Aisaiah Pellecer planned to go to grad school, but his path took a new turn when he was accepted into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange. 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Now in Germany, he’s attending CS courses and preparing for an internship.
▶️ bit.ly/4oI84of
Now in Germany, he’s attending CS courses and preparing for an internship.
▶️ bit.ly/4oI84of
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
After earning his BSIS+DS, Aisaiah Pellecer planned to go to grad school, but his path took a new turn when he was accepted into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange. 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Now in Germany, he’s attending CS courses and preparing for an internship.
▶️ bit.ly/4oI84of
Now in Germany, he’s attending CS courses and preparing for an internship.
▶️ bit.ly/4oI84of
Another #iSchoolUI Research Showcase is in the books! Thanks to everyone for making it a success! ✨
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Another #iSchoolUI Research Showcase is in the books! Thanks to everyone for making it a success! ✨
The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
"The world isn't facing a lack of information, but rather an overload.” #iSchoolUI MSIM student Zhanchen Kang hopes to help people make sense of the overwhelming amount of information in their daily lives. Read more about his student experience ▶️ bit.ly/4qQYSQ3
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The world isn't facing a lack of information, but rather an overload.” #iSchoolUI MSIM student Zhanchen Kang hopes to help people make sense of the overwhelming amount of information in their daily lives. Read more about his student experience ▶️ bit.ly/4qQYSQ3
Students from The Stu/dio, the #ILLINOIS student-led game studio, are heading to #MDEV2025 (Nov. 7–8 in Madison, WI)! 🎮
One of the Midwest’s top game dev conferences, MDEV celebrates innovation, collaboration, and creativity in gaming.
▶️ bit.ly/3LkUyZ0
One of the Midwest’s top game dev conferences, MDEV celebrates innovation, collaboration, and creativity in gaming.
▶️ bit.ly/3LkUyZ0
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Students from The Stu/dio, the #ILLINOIS student-led game studio, are heading to #MDEV2025 (Nov. 7–8 in Madison, WI)! 🎮
One of the Midwest’s top game dev conferences, MDEV celebrates innovation, collaboration, and creativity in gaming.
▶️ bit.ly/3LkUyZ0
One of the Midwest’s top game dev conferences, MDEV celebrates innovation, collaboration, and creativity in gaming.
▶️ bit.ly/3LkUyZ0
Join Library Trends on November 11 for a webinar on generative AI’s impact on librarians.
The discussion, which will be moderated by #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Melissa Wong, will feature authors Andrea Baer, Nicole Murph, and Kay Slater.
🤖▶️ bit.ly/492OrlR
The discussion, which will be moderated by #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Melissa Wong, will feature authors Andrea Baer, Nicole Murph, and Kay Slater.
🤖▶️ bit.ly/492OrlR
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Join Library Trends on November 11 for a webinar on generative AI’s impact on librarians.
The discussion, which will be moderated by #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Melissa Wong, will feature authors Andrea Baer, Nicole Murph, and Kay Slater.
🤖▶️ bit.ly/492OrlR
The discussion, which will be moderated by #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Melissa Wong, will feature authors Andrea Baer, Nicole Murph, and Kay Slater.
🤖▶️ bit.ly/492OrlR
Attend tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Chaowei Xiao, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University and researcher at Nvidia, will present “Towards Secure and Safe AI Agents: From Model to System." ▶️ bit.ly/3WDnq0Y
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Attend tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Chaowei Xiao, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University and researcher at Nvidia, will present “Towards Secure and Safe AI Agents: From Model to System." ▶️ bit.ly/3WDnq0Y
At #NDiSTEM in Ohio, #iSchoolUI Postdoc Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral and @prereview.bsky.social’s Daniela Saderi hosted a hands-on workshop on recognizing and interrupting bias in peer review. 💡📝
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At #NDiSTEM in Ohio, #iSchoolUI Postdoc Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral and @prereview.bsky.social’s Daniela Saderi hosted a hands-on workshop on recognizing and interrupting bias in peer review. 💡📝
#iSchoolUI PhD students have received A. Serwin Conference Scholarships from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) to attend their annual conference, held October 30-31, in San Diego, California. Congratulations! ▶️ bit.ly/4ntilmL
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#iSchoolUI PhD students have received A. Serwin Conference Scholarships from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) to attend their annual conference, held October 30-31, in San Diego, California. Congratulations! ▶️ bit.ly/4ntilmL
#iSchoolUI doctoral candidate @janajm.com has successfully defended her dissertation, “Scholarship writ large: A data-rich analysis of professionalization in English literary scholarship from 1940 to the present.” Congratulations, Jana! 🎉▶️ bit.ly/4oO1Jr9
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#iSchoolUI doctoral candidate @janajm.com has successfully defended her dissertation, “Scholarship writ large: A data-rich analysis of professionalization in English literary scholarship from 1940 to the present.” Congratulations, Jana! 🎉▶️ bit.ly/4oO1Jr9
Character.AI will soon bar users under 18 from using its chatbots, reports @nytimes.com. #iSchoolUI Professor Yang Wang shared insights from his research, which concluded that such platforms didn’t have sufficient child safety protections. 🤖▶️ bit.ly/432FcOK
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Character.AI will soon bar users under 18 from using its chatbots, reports @nytimes.com. #iSchoolUI Professor Yang Wang shared insights from his research, which concluded that such platforms didn’t have sufficient child safety protections. 🤖▶️ bit.ly/432FcOK
For her work on human-centered AI safety for youth, #iSchoolUI PhD student Yaman Yu has been named a recipient of the 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Privacy, Safety, and Security!
Congratulations, Yaman! 🤖▶️ bit.ly/48OF0q9
Congratulations, Yaman! 🤖▶️ bit.ly/48OF0q9
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For her work on human-centered AI safety for youth, #iSchoolUI PhD student Yaman Yu has been named a recipient of the 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Privacy, Safety, and Security!
Congratulations, Yaman! 🤖▶️ bit.ly/48OF0q9
Congratulations, Yaman! 🤖▶️ bit.ly/48OF0q9
Illinois is facing its driest year since 1988. 🌾
SIDE, an AI-driven drought estimation framework developed by #iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang, aims to understand the social effects of drought.
He discussed his research with the Illinois News Bureau ▶️ bit.ly/4ohEMg0
SIDE, an AI-driven drought estimation framework developed by #iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang, aims to understand the social effects of drought.
He discussed his research with the Illinois News Bureau ▶️ bit.ly/4ohEMg0
October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Illinois is facing its driest year since 1988. 🌾
SIDE, an AI-driven drought estimation framework developed by #iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang, aims to understand the social effects of drought.
He discussed his research with the Illinois News Bureau ▶️ bit.ly/4ohEMg0
SIDE, an AI-driven drought estimation framework developed by #iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang, aims to understand the social effects of drought.
He discussed his research with the Illinois News Bureau ▶️ bit.ly/4ohEMg0
Join us for tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Jeff Clune, professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia, will present “Open-Ended, Quality Diversity, and AI-Generating Algorithms in the Era of Foundation Models." ▶️ bit.ly/48RVQEE
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Join us for tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Jeff Clune, professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia, will present “Open-Ended, Quality Diversity, and AI-Generating Algorithms in the Era of Foundation Models." ▶️ bit.ly/48RVQEE
Still need a costume idea? 🎃
Head to the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, the only makerspace on campus open to everyone, where anyone can create, from DIY costumes to laser-cut ornaments.
🧵 bit.ly/47nz0lK
Head to the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, the only makerspace on campus open to everyone, where anyone can create, from DIY costumes to laser-cut ornaments.
🧵 bit.ly/47nz0lK
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Still need a costume idea? 🎃
Head to the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, the only makerspace on campus open to everyone, where anyone can create, from DIY costumes to laser-cut ornaments.
🧵 bit.ly/47nz0lK
Head to the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, the only makerspace on campus open to everyone, where anyone can create, from DIY costumes to laser-cut ornaments.
🧵 bit.ly/47nz0lK
Cindy Brya has been appointed assistant dean for communications and marketing, where she will lead the #iSchoolUI’s Communications and Marketing team, provide counsel to the dean, and shape the overall communications strategy. Congratulations, Cindy! 🎉▶️ bit.ly/4ox2Nzs
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Cindy Brya has been appointed assistant dean for communications and marketing, where she will lead the #iSchoolUI’s Communications and Marketing team, provide counsel to the dean, and shape the overall communications strategy. Congratulations, Cindy! 🎉▶️ bit.ly/4ox2Nzs
Next week, #iSchoolUI faculty & students will present their research at the 27th International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) ACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (#ASSETS2025).
Learn more ▶️ bit.ly/3JeeKLu
Learn more ▶️ bit.ly/3JeeKLu
October 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Next week, #iSchoolUI faculty & students will present their research at the 27th International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) ACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (#ASSETS2025).
Learn more ▶️ bit.ly/3JeeKLu
Learn more ▶️ bit.ly/3JeeKLu
#iSchoolUI Professor Anita Say Chan will give an invited lecture at the American University of Beirut, as part of their “Confronted with America” series, about her new book, “Predatory Data.” More details ▶️ bit.ly/43mbPXO
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#iSchoolUI Professor Anita Say Chan will give an invited lecture at the American University of Beirut, as part of their “Confronted with America” series, about her new book, “Predatory Data.” More details ▶️ bit.ly/43mbPXO
Attend tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Rishi Bommasani, senior research scholar at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, will present "Technocratic AI Policy." More details here ▶️ bit.ly/3JkyXiC
October 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Attend tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Rishi Bommasani, senior research scholar at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, will present "Technocratic AI Policy." More details here ▶️ bit.ly/3JkyXiC
#iSchoolUI doctoral student Precious Olalere has been awarded the 2025 Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship from the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI). Congratulations, Precious! More about her here ▶️ bit.ly/48JS9kl
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#iSchoolUI doctoral student Precious Olalere has been awarded the 2025 Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship from the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI). Congratulations, Precious! More about her here ▶️ bit.ly/48JS9kl
#iSchoolUI BSIS student Daria Meshcheriakova combines creativity and analytics to transform data into understanding.
Through UX research, design, and her Sketching Club, she explores new ways to see and share patterns in the world around us.
More about Daria ▶️ bit.ly/48w2mAL
Through UX research, design, and her Sketching Club, she explores new ways to see and share patterns in the world around us.
More about Daria ▶️ bit.ly/48w2mAL
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#iSchoolUI BSIS student Daria Meshcheriakova combines creativity and analytics to transform data into understanding.
Through UX research, design, and her Sketching Club, she explores new ways to see and share patterns in the world around us.
More about Daria ▶️ bit.ly/48w2mAL
Through UX research, design, and her Sketching Club, she explores new ways to see and share patterns in the world around us.
More about Daria ▶️ bit.ly/48w2mAL
Congrats to #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Anne Craig on being named an Illinois Library Luminary! From leading the Illinois State Library to directing CARLI, she’s strengthened libraries across Illinois and beyond. ▶️ bit.ly/47oAVaT
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Congrats to #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Anne Craig on being named an Illinois Library Luminary! From leading the Illinois State Library to directing CARLI, she’s strengthened libraries across Illinois and beyond. ▶️ bit.ly/47oAVaT
#iSchoolUI faculty, staff, and students will present their research this week at the 2025 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference. Keep an eye out for CUC Fab Lab’s makerspace at booth 736 👀! More details on our participation here ▶️ bit.ly/46RQ84f
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#iSchoolUI faculty, staff, and students will present their research this week at the 2025 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference. Keep an eye out for CUC Fab Lab’s makerspace at booth 736 👀! More details on our participation here ▶️ bit.ly/46RQ84f
Join us for tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Nihar B. Shah, associate professor in the machine learning and computer science departments at @cmu.edu, will present “LLMs in Science: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." More details here ▶️ bit.ly/48vFph6
October 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Join us for tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Nihar B. Shah, associate professor in the machine learning and computer science departments at @cmu.edu, will present “LLMs in Science: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." More details here ▶️ bit.ly/48vFph6
At the #iSchoolUI, alum Manas Godha (BSIS '24) learned how to connect "different contexts, people, and processes with data and technology.” Now, he is putting those skills into practice in his work as the growth and strategy lead at Advaiya.
Learn more about Manas ▶️ bit.ly/4oe03Xl
Learn more about Manas ▶️ bit.ly/4oe03Xl
October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
At the #iSchoolUI, alum Manas Godha (BSIS '24) learned how to connect "different contexts, people, and processes with data and technology.” Now, he is putting those skills into practice in his work as the growth and strategy lead at Advaiya.
Learn more about Manas ▶️ bit.ly/4oe03Xl
Learn more about Manas ▶️ bit.ly/4oe03Xl