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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), 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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Today’s “I am the iSchool” featured alum is Amanda Yates Rodgers, Museology '25! After graduating in June, Amanda began a full-time position as a Maker Programs Specialist at the Pacific Science Center here in Seattle.

Read more about her experience here: ischool.uw.edu/profiles/ama...
I am the iSchool lilac graphic featuring headshot of Museology 2025 alum, Amanda Yates Rodgers.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The UW Information School's first twenty-five years involved bold leadership, risk-taking, forward-thinking, and innovating on our proud history of librarianship. Read the story by Doug Parry @dougparry.bsky.social:
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Then, a vision; now, a force: Information School turns 25
Mike Eisenberg’s trademark enthusiasm was on full display. It was Jan. 6, 2001, and the nascent Information School threw a party in the newly opened, sta...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Professor Chirag Shah was interviewed by @npr.org's John Ruwitch about agentic AI's integration in the new Open AI web browser - and potential privacy trade-offs. www.ksut.org/2025-11-07/o...
OpenAI's new web browser has ChatGPT baked in. That's raising some privacy questions
The Atlas browser can act as your "agent" online, doing tasks like shopping or booking tickets. But that gives it access to a lot of personal information.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Instructor Andy Herman is quoted by @thedailyuw.bsky.social on the cybersecurity reasons for using two-factor authentication, in this article by @thatphotobeth.bsky.social:
November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Today’s “I Am the iSchool” spotlight is Informatics alum, Gagan Singh. Gagan graduated from the Informatics program in 2024 and is now pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science at The Georgia Institute of Technology.

Read more about Gagan here: ischool.uw.edu/profiles/gag...
I am the iSchool lilac graphic featuring headshot of Informatics 2024 alum, Gagan Singh.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Read the new piece in The Conversation U.S. by Katie Davis and Aayushi Dangol, sharing their research on how public school teachers feel about #genAI, and the role teachers can play in helping students adapt to a volley of new tools: theconversation.com/ai-could-wor... @hcde.uw.edu
AI could worsen inequalities in schools – teachers are key to whether it will
Under-resourced schools are less likely to support teachers in implementing AI technology to best serve learning.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🚆Your next stop could be the University of Washington Information School. Explore our programs: ischool.uw.edu
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Lauren Appelbaum worked in tech for a decade after earning her Informatics degree. Then her career took a plot twist: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...
Informatics alum Lauren Appelbaum's novels inspired by tech
Lauren Appelbaum worked in tech for a decade after earning her Informatics degree. Then her career took a plot twist.Now a full-time author, Appelbaum, ’...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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🎃 Happy Halloween! Information School faculty are full of treats, not tricks. Students know not to be frightened of our friendly professors... unless they ask for a last-minute recommendation. (Kidding! 🐸)
Joseph Tennis is a witch! Cindy Altick Aden and spouse dressed as Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Kyle Thayer is dressed as Steve Jobs. Wanda Pratt and spouse dressed as Umbreon and a PokéStop.
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Cynthia Leitich Smith @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social reflected on her experiences as a prominent Indigenous children’s and young adult author at the iSchool’s 33rd annual Spencer G. Shaw Lecture: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...
Author Cynthia Leitich Smith charms crowd at Shaw Lecture
Asked what she would say to encourage young writers, author Cynthia Leitich Smith made an analogy. “When you're thinking about a story, particularly...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Startup spotlight: Recently named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Social Impact list, Nishit Bhasin founded Incskill, a startup focused on digital #accessibility, with fellow Information School alum Lakshya Garg. Read about their new venture: ischool.uw.edu/alumni/spotl...
Nishit Bhasin
iSchool MSIM alum Nishit Bhasin is a mission-driven entrepreneur recognized in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Social Impact. His initial entrepreneurial experie...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Check out this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast interview with @cip.uw.edu co-founder @rcalo.bsky.social, a professor at @uwlaw.bsky.social and @ischool.uw.edu ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Earlier this month, iSchool students and faculty shared their insights on AI research at the RAISE fall exposition discussing the importance of creating #responsibleAI. Read more about the event: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...
RAISE expo highlights students' solutions to AI problems
Five Information School students were among dozens who shared insights from their research at the RAISE research center’s recent Fall Exposition in downt...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Members of the iSchool community and friends connected at the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (#CSCW) conference in Bergen, Norway, earlier this week. Tusen takk - thank you very much - to everyone who paused for a group photo and catch-up session! 💜
23 people pose in front of a spiral staircase and concrete wall in Bergen, Norway. 23 people pose in front of a spiral staircase and concrete wall in Bergen, Norway. Some are holding the shape of the letter "W" with their hands, a symbol for the University of Washington.
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 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...
UW launches Institute for Neurodiversity and Employment. Led by Associate Professor Hala Annabi. University of Washington Information School. Hala Annabi is pictured smiling in front of a rhododendron plant.
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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In conversation tomorrow: Olivia Banner and Nassim Parvin @nassimparvin.bsky.social. Oct. 21, 1 p.m. PT, on campus and virtual. Held on the publication day of Banner’s new book, "Crip Screens: Countering Psychiatric Media Technologies" (@dukepress.bsky.social). depts.washington.edu/societytech/...
Purple event flyer that reads, "S+ T@ UW SALON SERIES. Society _ Technology University of Washington and Tech Policy Lab present: BOOK TEA: MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INSURGENCIES, AND ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF CARE. Join us for tea and discussion featuring Olivia Banner (CREATE and Disability Studies, UW Seattle) and Nassim Parvin (Information School, UW Seattle) & co-editor of Technocreep, on the publication day of Banner's new book, Crip Screens: Countering Psychiatric Media Technologies. Graphic Designed by Raani Nigam. Event date: TUESDAY OCT 21, 2025 1-2:15PM @ SIMPSON CENTER, HYBRID, IN CMU 202 AND ONLINE. SIMPSON CENTER for the HUMANITIES CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERIENCES. Register: https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=gb646davnnsuwnwenxxg4h68nghcpdy4f9xh5cxccm7jsdrxnent."
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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➡️ Research by iSchool Asst. Prof. Mike Teodorescu and colleagues found that simple interventions in the patent application process increased the probability that female inventors would get patents by up to 17%.

Read more in @uwnews.uw.edu: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
A simple intervention significantly improved patent outcomes for women inventors
Research by the University of Washington and the USPTO found that some simple interventions increased the probability that female inventors would get patents by 12%. For first-time applicants, that...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Assistant Professor Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social's essay on the topic of AI and Holocaust Memory, “Uncanny Testimony,” was published by @longreads.com: longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
Uncanny Testimony - Longreads
As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Professor Chirag Shah and co-author Ryen White’s paper “Agents Are Not Enough,” was published in IEEE Computer @spectrum.ieee.org: ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp....

#autonomousagents #academicsky #genAI #research
IEEE Xplore Full-Text PDF:
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October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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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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October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Do you have a project idea, but no time or team to tackle it? Team up with our driven, talented students by sponsoring a Capstone project! Learn more by reading our project FAQ, and consider submitting your project this fall: ischool.uw.edu/capstone/spo...
A team of five University of Washington Information School Capstone group students show their project awards.
October 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Join us this Thursday evening for the 2025 Spencer G. Shaw Lecture with Cynthia Leitich Smith, award-winning children's and young adult author and curator! It's a hybrid event, and registration is required. events.uw.edu/event/61eda3...
Spencer G. Shaw Endowed Lecture Series. Cynthia Leitich Smith. Oct. 16, 2025. 7:30 p.m. PT. University of Washington HUB, Room 250. The event banner includes a photo of Cynthia Leitich Smith wearing glasses and a scarf, and the illustrated cover of her book, Sisters of the Neversea.
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Register to join us for tomorrow's CALMA Roundtable: Mapping the Black Information Future: From Archives to Artificial Intelligence, from Movement-building to Memory-work. Moderated by Tracie D. Hall, featuring Makiba J. Foster, Steven F. Fullwood and Jada Jones. calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/map...
Mapping the Black Information Future: From Archives to Artificial Intelligence, from Movement-building to Memory-work. Event speakers: Makiba J. Foster, Steven G. Fullwood, Tracie D. Hall, and Jada Jones. Tuesday, October 14, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PT. Zoom. The event flyer includes photos of the four speakers in a two-by-two grid. Event from UW CALMA, the Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives at the UW Information School.
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Join the iSchool staff team! Now hiring for the following roles:

Executive Assistant to Associate Dean for Research: bit.ly/3WiBxsx

Employer Experience Manager: bit.ly/42AQwBz
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October 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Postdoc spotlight: Meet Dr. Alexandros Efstratiou of the @cip.uw.edu! He is a computational social scientist studying social media polarization, echo chambers, intergroup interactions and depolarization interventions, among other topics. @alextheefstra.bsky.social
www.cip.uw.edu/2025/02/06/a...
Dr. Alexandros Efstratiou wearing a black turtleneck sweater. A graphic with white text on a purple background. Text reads, "Research on social media: Dr. Efstratiou’s work focuses on social polarization on social media, looking at phenomena like echo chambers and uncivil interactions between people. He is interested specifically in polarization in culture: Why is cycling a “liberal” sport and fishing a “conservative” hobby? How can political attitudes affect the TV shows we watch and music we listen to? In his research, Dr. Efstratiou is developing methods to find where these cultural differences exist and what underlying identities they represent." An additional graphic with white text on a purple background. Text reads, "What impact do you hope your research will have? 'My aim with this work is to uncover new dimensions of identities that people tend to polarize around, like politics. If we can find underlying symbols or sub-cultures that offer a greater surface area to find common ground, then we may be better placed to address deepening societal divides. My hope is that this research will help people focus on what they have in common, rather than what they don’t.' -Dr. Alexandros Efstratiou, Postdoctoral Scholar."
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM