iSchool alum Brody Coning, film archivist at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film archives do more than store old movies. They preserve culture, in the words and voices of those who shaped …
Year: 2023
iSchool Welcomes 4 New Faculty Members
The Information School (iSchool) has added four outstanding new members to its growing faculty. This fall, the iSchool welcomes Emilee Rader and Rick Wash as associate professors and Clinton Castro and Chaowei Xiao as assistant …
How the iSchool is building partnerships with Indigenous communities
The Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums project is expanding.
Student spotlight: Meet 3 talented undergraduates studying Information Science
About a year ago, the Information School (iSchool) at UW–Madison launched a brand new undergraduate major in Information Science. In the program, students study the countless ways humans interact with technology and data. The major …
Maggie Grabmeier Wins Progressive Librarian’s Guild Award
On May 25, 2023, the Progressive Librarians Guild’s (PLG) Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize Committee announced that Maggie Grabmeier from University of Wisconsin-Madison is the 2023 winner of the Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize! Grabmeier’s essay was …
Professor Corey Jackson – Amplifying the Voices of Black/Latinx Communities in Policy Discussions
Meet Annie Aaker MA’23 Library & Information Studies
Annie Aaker MA’23 My future professional plans are: I plan to stay in Madison and continue working at Madison Public Library as a circulation page and as a Bubbler Artist in the Neighborhood this summer (art …
Three iSchool Graduates Share Their Stories
With graduation celebrations underway this week, three notable iSchool graduates share their next chapters, relive favorite moments, and dispense some words of wisdom on what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown. Annie Aaker MA’23 Annie …
Spring 2023 Commencement: Celebrating 7 Graduates from CDIS
Michele Besant Awarded iSchool 2023 Alumni of the Year
The Information School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce Michele Besant (MA ’93, PhD ’99) has been selected by the Alumni Board as the recipient of the 2023 Alumni of the Year …