On April 8th, graduate students from across UWM came together for Art Speaks: A Graduate Symposium Across Disciplines. Nadia Campbell (Art History), Olivia Bouthot (Mathematics), Meg Gourley (Dance), Adela Fazio (Nursing), and Kathryn Milschewski (Library and Information Science) were selected from among 20 applicants …
School of Information Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Sarah Beth Nelson recently participated in an EveryLibrary Institute webinar series, discussing her recent publication within The Political Librarian: “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave: Maximizing Free Speech in Brave Spaces to Support Diversity.” Co-written with …
School of Information Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Wan-Chen Lee, along with Doctoral Candidates Juliana Hirt and Manan Luo, created an open, comprehensive guide to navigating the ethical challenges and opportunities of AI in libraries. Supported by the American Library Association …
SOIS alumnus Shengang Wang, Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University, collaborated with SOIS Assistant Professor Wan-Chen Lee and Doctoral Candidate Ning-Chiao Wang to publish a new open access journal article. The research article, …
By Al Dickenson The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee School of Information Studies is pleased to announce two faculty researchers, Dr. Wonchan Choi and Dr. Hyerin Bak, recently won an award for a paper published in 2024. The Association for …
We’re excited to share that UW Flexible Option has been ranked among the Top 50 programs in Newsweek’s America’s Top Online Colleges 2026! This is UW Flexible Option’s first-ever ranking, based on feedback from more than 10,000 students evaluating satisfaction, …
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies (SOIS) Nonprof-IT program was recently featured on CBS 58 Sunday Morning. The story highlighted how the program pairs SOIS students with nonprofit organizations to provide valuable technology support, including website development and …
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Dr. Xiangming (Simon) Mu, associate professor in the School of Information Studies, and Ph.D. student Manman Luo have been selected as awardees in the Fall 2025 cycle of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute (NMDSI) Student …
Matthew Friedel is transforming the way Wisconsin thinks about innovation. As teaching faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and co-founder of its Disruptive Technologies Lab, Friedel’s work bridges academia and industry, empowering students and local technology startups to thrive. “I would …
By Al Dickenson In 2013 Adam Hudson, Teaching Faculty at UWM’s School of Information Studies (SOIS), was looking for ways to incorporate real-world, hands-on learning for students along with a way to better connect UWM and SOIS to the nonprofit …
