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iSchool faculty member Sandy Littletree and her collaborators received the Archival Innovator Award for the Indigenous Archival Training Program from the Society of American Archivists (SAA). Sandy was an invited instructor and co-taught the SAA Native American Archives Section titled “2023 Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Description.” Congratulations!
https://www2.archivists.org/recipients/2024/archival-innovator-award-indigenizing-archival-training-program

High school students, local seniors in Sedro-Woolley demonstrate the power of intergenerational learning The “Leveling Up Seniors” event, was co-organized by Sedro-Woolley teachers and librarians, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Central Skagit Library System, and the Sedr…

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Current UW students who are interested in starting winter quarter as an Informatics major should apply by Sept. 27! Check out our Admissions page for more information: https://ischool.uw.edu/programs/informatics/admissions

“There is a lot of great innovation in this space, but unfortunately, a fair amount of manipulative design and exploitation as well,” Information School Associate Professor Alexis Hiniker tells BOLD. Hiniker speaks about technology designed to help kids thrive:

The computer scientist designing technology that helps kids thrive Alexis Hiniker is uncovering how digital experiences can support or undermine children’s flourishing

Share your memories in honor of Cynthia del Rosario's retirement: https://forms.gle/4vnphsGF1tD3GdD98

The iSchool's beloved Cynthia del Rosario, UW alum '94, M.Ed. '96 and longtime staff member for IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Sovereignty), is retiring after nearly 20 years at the iSchool. We thank Cynthia for her contributions to the iSchool, and wish her all the best in her retirement adventures!

To honor her time with the iSchool, we invite you to share your reflections on how Cynthia impacted your educational journey. Did Cynthia help you attend a conference? Earn a scholarship? Make a meaningful connection?

Your written and/or photo submissions may be collected, lightly edited, and included in iNews Magazine and/or iSchool social media.

Thank you in advance for any memories you share! https://forms.gle/4vnphsGF1tD3GdD98

We are grateful to the Institute of Museum and Library Services for $1 million+ in grants for four iSchool projects that build on scholarship in libraries and museums and support their roles in communities. Marika Cifor, Stacey Wedlake, Maria Garrido and Jin Ha Lee are the project leads.

IMLS awards more than $1 million to iSchool researchers The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a total of more than $1 million in grants to University of Washington Information School re...

We hope to see you at next month's event at Town Hall!

Join the Center for an Informed Public at UW, KNKX Public Radio and KUOW Public Radio for this important discussion on September 11 at Town Hall Seattle, featuring NPR correspondent Shannon Bond, CIP co-founder and Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) professor Kate Starbird, and University of Washington Information School PhD student Sarah Nguyễn.

Event and ticket information: https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/08/06/stand-with-the-facts-protecting-election-integrity-kuow-knnx-cip/

We have an exciting event for iSchool alumni coming up on Wednesday, Aug. 21: the next iSchool Connect! Alumni are invited to join us and connect with iSchool peers over drinks and appetizers. While this iSchool Connect will focus on roles in data science and analytics, all alumni are welcome, regardless of job function, field, or career level. Sign up here: https://events.uw.edu/event/68126caa-94af-407b-9170-2bc7d8262358/summary

iSchool Ph.D. candidate Junhun Judy Kong and Professor Jacob O. Wobbrock have been working with the Toyota Research Institute to create touchscreen dashboard displays that could lower the risks of driving while distracted. Along with James Fogarty and Mingyuan Zhong of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, the team is making important contributions to driving safety and adaptive user interfaces. Read more about this project:

UW accessibility research could help make cars safer More than 3,000 people die — and another 400,000 are injured — in distracted-driving accidents in the U.S. each year doing such things as fumbling with...

🌟 New Startup Spotlight 🌟 This month the iSchool is highlighting Ish*ta Bhandari, MSIM '20 alum and co-founder of Watto AI. Read about her experience as an entrepreneur:

Ish*ta Bhandari Ish*ta Bhandari is the co-founder of Watto AI, a 2023 Y Combinator startup. Bhandari, formerly a software engineer, and her co-founders, Suryansh Soni and ...

In this podcast, Professor Joe Janes discusses his quest in Paris to locate the last original mètre étalon, a standard meter installed in 1796 that enabled the public to calibrate their own measuring devices. Janes reflects on changing standards of measurement over time:

The Mètre des Archives The Mètre des Archives, a bar of solid platinum, forged and officially adopted by the Convention in Paris in 1799.

How can students learn to design tech that prevents harm? Professor Ryan Calo teaches these tech ethics in his new Informatics course:

Students fight 'evil' with ethical tech design Picture a small park across the street from your home. Normally filled with the sounds of children laughing and playing, it’s now a dedicated zone for dr...

As a student leader on campus, Jonathan Hugh Ortiz-Candelaria has contributed in many ways to the iSchool and to the greater University of Washington community.

Jonathan was the student speaker for the University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D)’s recent celebration, where he was named the Lydia Gonzales Scholar. You can watch his moving speech here: https://lnkd.in/gC85Rjqx

Below, he is pictured with iSchool faculty and students, his LSAMP colleagues, and OMA&D leaders. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Jonathan!

Staff spotlight: Big congrats to iSchool Career Services Advisor Lindsey on completing the STP, Seattle to Portland bike ride! The annual group ride is 206 miles long, and a celebration occurs at the end in our sister city to the south. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Lindsey has also thru-hiked several long trails throughout the USA. Way to go! 🚲

When iSchool Professor and UN consultant Karen E. Fisher was invited to Zaatari, the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp, she noticed that stories of the camp rarely included women’s voices. As she learned more about their lives, she had the idea to create a cookbook to counter the effects of domicide – the deliberate destruction of housing and basic infrastructure – and carve a space for the women to share their cultural knowledge with the world. Her new book, “Zaatari: Culinary Traditions of the World’s Largest Syrian Refugee Camp,” is a featured UW faculty book. Learn more at this link below!

New faculty books: Traditional Syrian cuisine, Indigenous ecological knowledge, data science for researchers Three new faculty books from the University of Washington cover the recipes and culture of the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp, traditional ecological knowledge of Indigenous peoples and data...

Thanks, Seattle magazine, for the nice write-up! We're proud that the University of Washington offers a strong return on investment for our graduates as the best value college in the state.

University of Washington Receives An A+ For Value The University of Washington just keeps winning accolades...

This fall we look forward to welcoming new faculty members. Tracie D. Hall, former executive director of the American Library Association, will be a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence; Benjamin Charles Germain Lee will join us as Assistant Professor after a year-long fellowship at the The Library of Congress; Assistant Teaching Professors Mara Kirdani-Ryan will join the iSchool from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; and Carson G. Miller Rigoli, will be coming to Seattle from the Arizona State University Psychology. iSchool Lecturer and digital strategist Nam-ho Park will also begin a new role as Assistant Teaching Professor.

“This cohort of faculty embodies the iSchool’s interdisciplinary nature,” says Dean Anind Dey. “The range of skills and expertise demonstrated by this scholars will enhance the iSchool’s ability to address the complex needs facing communities and organizations through our academic programs and applied research.”

Learn more about this outstanding group of scholars:

iSchool welcomes new faculty cohort Five faculty members will join or take on new roles in the University of Washington Information School at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. These s...

Professor Emeritus David Levy has left a lasting impact on the iSchool community by introducing contemplative practices into the classroom. Over his 24-year teaching career, he remained dedicated to his vision of creating a contemplative university, one that prioritizes deep thinking and reflection. Levy's approach emphasizes the use of digital tools to support and enhance this mission, fostering an environment where technology serves the greater purpose of thoughtful, reflective education.

"There's a difference between thinking from the outside and from the inside, where you are being alive in the middle of thinking," Levy says. "When you're inside the work, you are intimately connected to it. You're not just investigating subject matter, you're investigating yourself in relation to that subject matter."

In retirement, David Levy keeps taking a mindful approach Fresh off a prestigious job with a Silicon Valley think tank, David Levy came to the UW iSchool in 2000 with a radical idea: What would it mean to look at ...

Information School Professor Chirag Shah is the recipient of this year’s ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award, which recognizes a scholar or team each year for their contributions to the field.

“I am honored and humbled by this recognition,” said Shah. “Scholarship, at least the kind that I have pursued over my career, is a collaborative pursuit and I have been very lucky to have many great collaborators in the forms of mentors, colleagues and students over the years. I’m grateful to ASIS&T and all those collaborators for making this award possible.”

ASIS&T honors Chirag Shah with research award Information School Professor Chirag Shah is the recipient of this year’s ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award, which recognizes a scholar or ...

Meet Informatics major Cleo Reyes, today's featured "I am the iSchool" student! https://ischool.uw.edu/profiles/cleo-reyes

🚀 starts today! You can find us in the Library Marketplace, Booth 317. Looking forward to reconnecting with UW iSchool alumni, forming new connections, sharing information, and celebrating library workers at the American Library Association Conference & Exhibition in San Diego.

Job opportunity: We are hiring an Executive Assistant to the Dean to to play a pivotal role in supporting the Dean's vision and executing key initiatives critical to the iSchool's success. ​​https://bit.ly/4bhfwix

The Executive Assistant to the Dean must be an exceptionally professional individual who works well in a highly confidential environment, has outstanding initiative, and can deliver effective results working independently with general guidance. This position works with iSchool leadership, faculty, staff, students, and committees; contributes to iSchool decision-making processes; and works with UW administration and other UW central offices.

Benefits include:
• Medical and dental insurance, and retirement plan.
• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
• Fully-subsidized transit pass.
• Work for an exciting, cutting-edge research school within the University of Washington.
• In-person or hybrid work arrangement.

Learn more and apply: ​​https://bit.ly/4bhfwix

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Tanu Mitra is one of the faculty members leading NSF-funded opportunities for undergraduate students to do human-centered computing research at UW.

Expanding undergraduate opportunities: UW to establish NSF REU Site for human-centered computing research Thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation, UW's Design Use Build (DUB) group, a grassroots alliance of researchers and practitioners interested in Human Computer Interaction & Design at the University of Washington, is expanding opportunities for undergraduate students to do human-c...

For their Capstone project, Informatics students Hitanshu Prajapati, Kyle Raychel, Eddy Peng, Harold Pham and Sami Foell partnered with Google to explore how AI could be used to investigate security vulnerabilities while eliminating duplicate bug reports. They earned the Innovation Award for their project.

Read more about team Vedette's work:

Informatics students help Google improve bug reporting Google, like many other companies, utilizes manual and automated processes to investigate security vulnerabilities (otherwise known as bugs or threats) det...

Information School alumni Huda Shaltry, MLIS ’18, and Monnee Tong, MLIS ’12, were among 50 people from around the world recognized by Library Journal for their “innovative, proactive, and supportive work.”

Library Journal names 2 iSchool alumni 'Movers & Shakers' Library Journal selected two iSchool Master of Library and Information Science graduates as Movers and Shakers in its 22nd annual celebration of ...

UW EarthLab wanted a way to make its work easier to understand and to show how its larger network, including tribes, students, nonprofits and other academic institutions, are connected. MLIS students Xuan Nie, Jiahe Huang and Pengyan Sun used data visualization to help achieve that goal.

Learn more about their Capstone project:

MLIS Capstone team helps EarthLab show its impact At its core, the goal of the University of Washington EarthLab is easy enough to explain. EarthLab connects various communities, sectors and disciplines wi...

Congratulations to iSchool Ph.D. alum and Alumni Advisory Board member Martez Mott on being named a 2024 Skip Ellis Early Career Award Recipient by the Computing Research Association!

CRA-WP Names Martez Mott as 2024 Skip Ellis Early Career Award Recipient By Lauren Lashlee, Program Associate, CRA-WP Since 2019, CRA-WP has recognized an outstanding computer science researcher in honor of Clarence “Skip” Ellis, by awarding them with the CRA-WP Skip El…

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