Month: October 2025

This October, the iSchool’s Continuing Education team launched a new conference, Upgrade: Enhancing Library Services with Technology, bringing over 100 library and information professionals together for the inaugural two-day event. The conference exemplifies the iSchool’s ongoing commitment to addressing pressing questions about technology’s role in society and impact on communities.  As information technologies reshape how …

Information and communication are inextricably connected; information is the raw material, communication the final product. Bella Power x’26 sees the power of that relationship—by double majoring in iSci and Communication Arts, “I could both understand the information itself and communicate about it effectively,” she said.  For Power, the Information Science major has created what she …

Jodi Schneider has joined the Information School as an associate professor, bringing a unique and wide-ranging research expertise—focused on the science of science and scientific controversies—to UW–Madison as the iSchool’s faculty continues to expand. Schneider’s research explores information quality, with the ultimate goal of ensuring public policy is informed by the best available scientific evidence. …