Designing Home Learning Materials for High-Need Families: Lessons from/for Museums and Libraries Rebekah Willett, Associate Professor at the iSchool, will co-direct a project with Peter Wardrip, Assistant Professor of STEAM Education in Curriculum and Instruction, …
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New Faculty Profile: Dr. Ian Hutchins
Dr. Ian Hutchins is proud to be a returning Badger. He earned both a B.S. in Genetics and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UW-Madison, and his expertise in scientific research has heavily influenced his success …
Alumni Profile: Jameson Zaballos (User Experience Design Certificate, ’19)
Jameson Zaballos earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at UW-Madison in 2017 and returned to earn a certificate in User Experience Design (UX) at the iSchool in 2019. Zaballos is currently working as an …
A Message to the iSchool Community
Dear Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff of the iSchool, In the wake of recent racist anti-Black incidents and violence in Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, New York, and elsewhere around the country, we call for full …
iSchool adds new faculty members
The iSchool is thrilled to announce the addition of several faculty members! The hiring process began in early 2020 and visits to Madison luckily finished up a few weeks before campus closed facilities in March. …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett studies the complexities of screen time in families
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett’s research on children’s media and technology use couldn’t come at a better time than during the COVID-19 shutdown. Now more than ever, young children are using screens and digital technologies to …
Rubel contributes to article on brain-computer interfaces and privacy in the journal Nature
We currently interact with computers and electronic devices by way of keyboards, touchscreens, mouses, game controllers, and the like. But imagine being able to do so via a more direct connection with one’s brain, for …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett Awarded IMLS Grant
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett has been awarded a $524,874 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a project entitled, ‘Navigating Screens: Libraries as Community Hubs for Teaching Positive Screen Media …
Shalini Ramachandran: 2016 Jack Clarke Scholarship Winner
Congratulations to Shalini Ramachandran, resident of Boise, Idaho, on receiving the annual Jack A. Clarke Scholarship. Shalini holds a Mathematics bachelor’s degree from the University of Bombay and English Literature master’s and PhD degrees from …
Instructor Dorothea Salo Awarded Baldwin WI Idea Grant
Faculty Associate Dorothea Salo has been awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant to digitize unique audiovisual materials from Wisconsin cultural institutions and community organizations. With the help of SLIS students Courtney Becks and Logan Rains, …