Video Description
Students and faculty in the School of Information Studies learn and connect across classrooms, meeting spaces and the UWM campus. An instructor leads a class in a computer lab, students collaborate in a hybrid seminar, and an academic advisor meets with a student. Students walk across campus with friends, enter UWM’s historic Mitchell Hall, gather at an outdoor campus event, work in computer labs and explore historic maps and materials in the library’s map collection.
UWM’s School of Information Studies (SOIS) is committed to shaping the future of library science and information technology by improving the world through innovation and inquiry, connecting humans to the information they use every day.
Our mission is to educate the next generation of library science and information technology professionals by offering a rigorous curriculum that fosters professional knowledge, skills and experiential practice, ethics, critical inquiry and leadership to address the needs of our diverse and global information society. SOIS graduates are prepared not only for the current information and technology services landscape but also for future-ready careers and as-yet-undiscovered environments.
Spotlight Stories
- NMDSI Student Scholars Award Supports UWM Research on AI’s Role in DisinformationUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Associate Professor Maria Haigh and undergraduate student Sharmin Islam have been selected for the Fall 2026 Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI) Student Research Scholars program to investigate how artificial intelligence systems respond …
- SOIS Researchers Present Metadata and Data Ingestion Research at International ISKO ConferenceSOIS doctoral candidate Juliana Hirt and Assistant Professor Wan-Chen Lee presented their research at the 19th International ISKO Conference, held Aug. 17–19 in São Paulo, Brazil. Their paper, “From Signals to Structure: Enriching Event Metadata for Optimized Data Ingestion,” explores …
- AI is Reshaping the World. Builders WantedArtificial intelligence is reshaping how the world builds software. But here’s the problem: most people still can’t build anything with it, according to Michel Zam, a teaching faculty member in the School of Information Studies at UWM. It’s not because they lack ideas, he said, but because the tools — and the way …
News
- SOIS Professor Jiqun Liu Publishes Article on Conversational AI in Communications of the ACMJiqun Liu, associate professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Information Studies (SOIS), has published an article …
- At 19, Eric Perrin is a UWM Graduate Without Debt–He Says You Can Do It, TooBy Rachel Maidl A few pivotal decisions allowed cloud engineer, Eric Perrin, to achieve his professional and financial …
- Dream Bigger: An IST Student’s Journey Back to CollegeAfter nearly two decades away from college, Information Science & Technology student Stella DuBrava returned to UWM to …
- Professor Iris Xie and Doctoral Student Omorodion Okuonghae Awarded Wikimedia Research Fund GrantDr. Iris Xie and doctoral student Omorodion Okuonghae’s proposal titled "Accessibility on Wikipedia Mobile Web, App, and Desktop …
Events
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- Dec8December 8, 2026, 9:00am - 10:30am
- Dec18December 18, 2026, 5:45pm - 7:00pm
Career Resources
Whether you are a recent graduate just starting your career or an alum looking for a change, the School of Information Studies is committed to supporting students and alumni throughout their careers.
Alumni & Giving
SOIS alums make a significant impact in the information profession locally, nationally and internationally. We invite alumni and friends to join us in supporting the next generation of information professionals.
ALA Accredited
Our MLIS program is accredited by the American Library Association and is ranked in the top 15 LIS programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report!
iSchools Member
As a proud member of the iSchools organization, we share an interest in the relationships between information, people and technology and are dedicated to advancing the information field.
