To Katie Kijak x’24, interior design and user experience (UX) design have the same goal: creating spaces that work for the people who use them. Before enrolling at UW–Madison, Kijak—a current student pursuing the iSchool’s Capstone Certificate in UX Design—honed her skills in the interior design industry, helping create innovative workspaces for both Lerdahl Workplace …
On December 14, Information School students, faculty and staff gathered at a lively reception to celebrate 38 winter graduates across all iSchool programs. This semester, graduates included students completing the following programs: MA Library & Information Studies: 23 graduates MS Information: 7 graduates BA/BS Information Science: 8 graduates The 8 Information Science students represent the …
Graduate students often attend conferences, but Gabriella Schaffer MAx’24 helped plan one. The iSchool’s Continuing Education team organizes Power Up: A Conference for Youth Services Managers & Staff on a recurring basis, and graduate students can directly contribute, as Schaffer did, by serving as student representatives on the conference’s programming committee. At Power Up, youth …
The iSchool’s Master of Science in Information is inherently interdisciplinary. It gives students the technical skills to understand information and data systems, and the critical thinking, design, and communications skills to govern and critique them. The program is designed to prepare students to become information leaders across a wide range of industries and sectors. Three …
Photo by Brian Huynh /UW–Madison Consider three everyday acts: driving a car, making a purchase, and working a job. They all involve technologies that collect personal data—data about driving tendencies, buying patterns, and work habits. The collection of this information is not necessarily harmful in itself. But as data-gathering technologies increasingly pervade everyday life, opportunities …
Participants of the 2023 Librarians’ Tour of Scotland, led by iSchool Continuing Education Program Managers Casey Ineichen (third from right) and Meredith Lowe (far right). Photo taken at the Commando Memorial in the Scottish Highlands. Photos provided by iSchool staff. In September, the iSchool’s continuing education team led the latest installment of a decades-old tradition: …
At first, Melina Zarboulas x’25 was reluctant about coming to UW–Madison. It was far from where she grew up on Long Island, New York, and she was on the cusp of committing elsewhere. Then, she visited Madison with her parents the weekend before her decision deadline. “It was so beautiful and lively, and I just …
Fall 2023 is in full swing and we are busy with the work of the semester, but it is worth pausing for a moment to recognize just how much we have to celebrate at the iSchool. In recent months, we have welcomed several new members to our growing faculty and staff. Our MS Information program …
Above: In October 2022, Wisconsin EcoLatinos participated in a community discussion about environmental justice as part of a collaborative project led by UW–Madison researchers and students. This photo shows cultural elements of the event; participants placed their culture of origin onto a World Map and enjoyed a Bolivian dance. Underserved communities bear the brunt of …
Artist rendering of the new CDIS building. Photo credit: LMN Architects. In 2019, the iSchool became a founding department of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS), the newest school at UW–Madison. And as we shared in the last issue of Jottings, CDIS is building a brand new, state-of-the-art home, scheduled to open …