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 …
Highlights
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, …
‘The Silver Man’ by Peter Shrake (’10)
The Silver Man is a new book by SLIS Alum Pete Shrake (’10) and published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in April. The Silver Man chronicles the life and times of John H. Kinzie, …
Instructor Amy Sloper and Students Awarded Baldwin WI Idea Grant
In partnership with the Bayfield Carnegie Library and the Barnes Are Historical Association, SLIS instructor Amy Sloper and SLIS students Catherine Hannula and Jennifer Barth have been awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant to bring …