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 …
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Student spotlight: Bella Power links information with communication and creativity
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 …
Jodi Schneider, combating misinformation at its source, joins iSchool faculty as associate professor
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 …
Career Advice: Top tech employers share how to get an internship
iSchool welcomes Jacqueline Brixey as Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow
By Thomas Jilk Jacqueline (Lina) Brixey’s great-grandfather was the last fluent Choctaw speaker in her family. After his passing, her great-grandmother urged the family to speak English in order to open better opportunities for themselves …
A sign to climb: Celebrating the opening of Morgridge Hall
Professor Greg Downey brings interdisciplinary leadership to the role of iSchool Director
Professor Greg Downey’s career defies disciplinary boundaries, spanning from computer science to history and geography, from journalism and mass communication to the history of information. For 25 years, Downey has served UW–Madison in a range …
Q&A: Professor Alan Rubel concludes transformational term as iSchool director
In recent years, the Information School has launched new academic programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It has hired new faculty members to expand its research repertoire into areas like cybersecurity and information …
Morgridge Hall Progress Update — July 2025
Q&A: Teaching Faculty Bradley Bryant on the human element in cybersecurity
In 2014, Bradley Bryant had just started in a role at Sony’s software division when North Korean hackers breached the company’s systems, stealing and leaking confidential data from Sony’s film studio and demanding the cancellation …