Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social and co-collaborators Sylvia Fernandez, Miriam Posner, Anna Preus, & Amardeep Singh’s project titled “Responsible Datasets in Context” received a Digital Project Award (Newcomer) from the American Studies Association. www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com

Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social was interviewed for an article titled “Live Cameras are Tracking Faces in New Orleans. Who Should Control Them?” published by @npr.org. Listen/read it here: www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

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...

📚 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." More: https://bit.ly/42h0Xu1x

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!

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

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...

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.

“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. Read more: www.washington.edu/news/2025/12... (3/3)

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) www.cip.uw.edu/2025/12/03/3...

🎉 “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...

#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...

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...

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. 🧵

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

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...

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

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...

"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 Learn more via @uwnews.uw.edu: www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...

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

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.

“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...

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

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-...

"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-....

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...

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!

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...

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: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/11...

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...

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:

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...

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

🚆Your next stop could be the University of Washington Information School. Explore our programs: ischool.uw.edu

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...

🎃 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! 🐸)

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...

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...

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 ⤵️⤵️⤵️

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...

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! 💜

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...

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/...

➡️ 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...