We are hiring new faculty! Tenure track open area, tenure track LIS, teaching track data science, and teaching track LIS roles. Come join us in the bustling, drizzly, booming Pacific Northwest đ˛âď¸đ ischool.uw.edu/about/jobs/f...
The University of Washington is committed to being one of the top information schools in the world. As part of this effort, we seek outstanding individuals...
Assistant Professor and Tech Policy Lab Co-Director Aylin Caliskan was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her project titled, âThe Impact of Associations and Biases in Generative AI on Society.â ischool.uw.edu/news/2024/09...
Imagine losing out on your dream job due to bias in AI tools used in the resume screening process or having your health care compromised for the same reaso...
Cascadia Daily News interviewed researcher Madeline Jalbert of the UW Center for an Informed Public. "Washington voters have been dropping their ballots in mailboxes for nearly two decades and the process has proven to be accurate and secure, experts say." www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/aug/05/...
Confidence in Washington vote-by-mail system remains high, according to new poll
Sandy Littletree and her collaborators received the Archival Innovator Award for the Indigenous Archival Training Program from the Society of American Archivists. Sandy co-taught â2023 Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Description.â Congratulations! www2.archivists.org/recipients/2...
UW President Ana Mari Cauce has named five new representatives to the Population Health Initiative executive council, including Lucy Lu Wang, assistant professor at the Information School. We look forward to furthering this collaborative effort! @lucylw.bsky.socialwww.washington.edu/populationhe...
President Ana Mari Cauce has named five new representatives to the 30-member University of Washington Population Health Initiative executive council. The council serves as the internal governing body....
With a dearth of opportunities to learn computer science at most K-12 schools, some students are taking matters into their own hands. The @seattletimes-rss.bsky.socialwww.seattletimes.com/education-la...
In the 2022-23 school year, only 11% of middle school students and 9% of high school students were enrolled in computer science courses in the state.
Join the UW CIP, KNKX and KUOW @kuow.bsky.socialwww.cip.uw.edu/2024/08/06/s...
Youâre invited to join KNKX, KUOW, and the University of Washingtonâs Center for an Informed Public (CIP) for Stand with the Facts: Protecting Election Integrity with special guest, NPR correâŚ
We are grateful to the IMLS for $1 million+ in grants for four iSchool projects that build on scholarship in libraries & museums in communities. Marika Cifor, Stacey Wedlake, Maria Garrido & Jin Ha Lee are the project leads. @staceyaw.bsky.social@marikac4.bsky.socialischool.uw.edu/news/2024/08...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a total of more than $1 million in grants to University of Washington Information School re...
Is âweird-checkingâ the new fact-checking? Madeline Jalbert, a postdoctoral scholar at the UW Center for an Informed Public, and Ira Hyman, a psychology professor at WWU, explore weird-checking as a social norm intervention: www.cip.uw.edu/2024/08/12/w...
Examining social psychological principles that explain why Democratsâ strategy of calling ideas âweirdâ works