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This year marks the 30th anniversary of our Leep (MSLIS online) program! Please join us for a celebration on Friday, August 28, at the #iSchoolUI. 🔸 RSVP by June 30: bit.ly/4a7FLdN 🔹 Share your Leep memories here: bit.ly/4eRazC4 We hope to see you soon! 🐸
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This spring, more than 65 student consultants in #iSchoolUI's Business Intelligence Group (BIG) partnered with organizations across health care, aviation, gaming, & more to develop AI tools, data solutions, and strategies to solve real-world challenges.▶️ bit.ly/4orLFw0
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#iSchoolUI PhD student Wei Cao and Asst. Prof. Yaoyao Liu received a Best Paper Award at the 4th Workshop on Generative Models for Computer Vision at #CVPR2026. "FreeOrbit4D" introduces a new way to generate free-viewpoint videos from a single camera. ▶️ bit.ly/444yl7p
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We are pleased to announce the publication of Library Trends 74 (4), “Compelling Tensions in Library and Information Science,” which explores the pressure points shaping the field and how they can spark transformative change. Enjoy open access ▶️ bit.ly/4vF55zV
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A paper from #iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang’s Social Sensing & Intelligence Lab won the Best Dataset Paper Award at ICWSM 2026. The paper, “MASH,” was accepted in the first review round, where just 14 of 298 submissions (4.7%) were accepted. Congrats! 🎉▶️ bit.ly/43qbset
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Our pilot Summer Intensive program brought online #iSchoolUI students to campus for week-long immersive courses, professional development opportunities, and community-building, and social events. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this happen!
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#iSchoolUI Assoc. Prof. Rachel Adler & Informatics student Olive Wang will present their work at the ACM SIGCSE Conference on Research on Equity & Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, & Technology (RESPECT) in Chicago this week. Read more ▶️ bit.ly/3RYuJ4a
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Some familiar #iSchoolUI faces at the Children’s Literature Association (#ChLA26) annual conference 🧡
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PhD students Ramazan Yener, Eryue Xu, and Mubarak Raji presented research from #iSchoolUI Associate Professor Masooda Bashir's group at the 2026 USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) this week in Santa Clara, California. ▶️ bit.ly/4uMmYNj
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Nicole A. Cooke, Augusta Baker Endowed Chair & prof. at @UofSC, has received the 2025 Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award for her advocacy, groundbreaking research, & dedication to diversity, equity, & inclusion within LIS. Congrats, Nicole! ▶️ bit.ly/4oqrBuh
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Professor J. Stephen Downie presented "Creating Data and Tools for Open Cultural Analysis Activities: TORCHLITE and Beyond" at Keio University's 3rd International Workshop for Library and Information Sciences and Digital Humanities on June 1 in Tokyo.
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This week, #iSchoolUI Assistant Professors Ismini Lourentzou and Yaoyao Liu, along with students from their labs, will present their research at the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (#CVPR2026) in Denver, CO. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3Q03tlh
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Congratulations to #iSchoolUI undergraduate researchers on their awards at this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium! View the list here 🎉 bit.ly/43CXDJy

The #iSchoolUI is well represented in the 19th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will be held on April 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Illini Union. View the full list of iSchool students and mentors who will be participating here ▶️ bit.ly/4sSTUln
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#iSchoolUI faculty and staff will present their research at the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) annual conference, which will be held May 28-30 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See our participation here ▶️ bit.ly/43uubFI
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Congratulations to #iSchoolUI alumni Leah T. Dudak (MSLIS ’17) and Mariella Colon (MSLIS ’07) on being recognized in @LibraryJournal’s 2026 Movers & Shakers! 🎉 Read about how they are moving the library field forward as a profession ▶️ bit.ly/4daBS7T
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#iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang and PhD student Ruichen Yao will present their research at the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (@ICWSM) 2026, which will take place May 27-29 in Los Angeles. Read more about their papers▶️ bit.ly/4a580cL
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We recognized student award recipients at the #iSchoolUI Convocation on May 17. Awards are based on academic achievements and attributes that contribute to professional success. Congratulations to this year's honorees! 🎉🧡 bit.ly/4dEsDOe
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#iSchoolUI Assistant Professor Ismini Lourentzou has received a $600K @NSF CAREER award for her project, “Shaping Embodied Intelligence Through Language-Guided Introspection,” which aims to build safer and more reliable AI systems. 🤖 Congrats, Ismini! ▶️ bit.ly/42QoWjn
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Recent #iSchoolUI graduate Mads Christiansen was inspired to pursue their MSLIS degree because libraries “always felt like a safe space." Learn more about the trans resources guide they helped create with campus partners 🌈▶️ bit.ly/3PEEweR
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“Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places! You're off and away!” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
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