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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received $2 million from UWM alumnus and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and his wife, Anu Nadella. The gift will create the Fund for Diversity in Tech Education at UWM, which will support the university’s efforts… Read More
Each year, the Library Journal honors “The People Shaping the Future of Libraries” in their Movers & Shakers edition. This year, SOIS Alum Emma Molls (MLIS ’13) has been named a 2021 Mover and Shaker in the Digital Developer Category! Emma is being honored… Read More
Each Spring Semester the SOIS Research Committee hosts the SOIS Student Research Day. Students are invited to submit paper proposals based on their research papers, critical literature surveys or designed research projects. This year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the SOIS… Read More
When Sarah Siver’s elementary school in Sparta lost its librarian a year few years ago, the third-grade teacher was concerned. “For the first time in 14 years, my students didn’t have consistent access to the library or library lessons, Siver… Read More
The UW-Milwaukee, School Information Studies, Professional Immersion Day looked a little different this Fall as it moved into the virtual environment. On Friday, August 28, 2020 the UW-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies (SOIS) held its Fall 2020 Professional Immersion Day…. Read More
A UWM researcher is part of a team that is investigating how people interpret information about COVID-19 in graphs, maps and charts presented by the media. A team of scientists from four universities, including UWM’s Min Sook Park, has been… Read More
The School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is proud to announce the appointment of Dietmar Wolfram, Ph.D., as Senior Associate Dean of the School as of August 1, 2020. Dr. Wolfram has been a significant… Read More
From recommending the next TV show you should watch to predicting where a coronavirus outbreak might occur, artificial intelligence has an increasing presence in our everyday lives. We talk to a technology instructor and investor about the basics, growth and… Read More
CHICAGO—Bridget Malley, a December 2019 master of Library and Information Science graduate University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, School of Information Studies, is the 2020 recipient of the Theodore Calvin Pease Award given by the Society of American Archivists (SAA). The award… Read More
When the coronavirus pandemic struck, it wasn’t just doctors and nurses who leapt into action. It was UWM students, too. Students have been working in public health, nursing, mask-making and other necessary tasks. Here are a few of their stories.