Kent Barnard (MLIS 2011) and Erin Kant Barnard (MLIS 2011) have recently published their first picture book, Mom Needs a Dinosaur! (Seabear Press, 2019). They began working on the book together after graduation in 2011. Kent had become the Director… Read More
The UWM Alumni Association is pleased to announce its 2020 Alumni Award winners. The 22 alumni recipients and two corporate partners were chosen for awards based on their outstanding professional achievements, civic involvement and partnerships with the university. Among the… Read More
On October 23, 2019, Dr. Maria Haigh and members of the SOIS Social Science of Information Research Group presented at the UWM Technology Initiatives Social. This event, sponsored by the UWM Digital Humanities Lab Advisory Board and the Office of… Read More
The School of Information Studies INFOMANIACS had an excellent showing at the 2019 Panther Prowl on October 12th. The energetic INFOMANIACS joined more than 1,700 participants and volunteers for the annual 5K run/walk on UWM’s campus and the beautiful east… Read More
Fake news. It’s a label that’s tossed about on a daily basis. Fake news can be used as a way of questioning legitimate reporting when the facts don’t align with someone’s political position. President Trump does so regularly. Or it can… Read More
A UWM information technology program gave junior Breyley Stephenson an unexpected outlet to give back to a charity that meant so much to the student and his family. Four days after he was born in 1998, Stephenson needed surgery at… Read More
A UWM lab where students learn cutting-edge technology like artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency also has the capacity to fill an important need in southeastern Wisconsin. The Disruptive Technologies Lab can help get students ready to fill jobs or become the future… Read More
SOIS MLIS student Minh Phuong Trinh Nguyen has been named a 2019-2020 Spectrum Scholar by the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services. The Spectrum Scholarship program, established in 1997, promotes diversity in the library profession… Read More
On July 11th, Dr, Joyce Latham along with Milwaukee Public Library Director, Paula Kiely and Steve Heser, Director at the Milwaukee County Federated Library System discussed their research related to fines in public libraries. The webinar, Unreturned Materials as Barriers… Read More
SOIS PhD Student, Laura Ridenour has been named as one of six recipients of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2019. These $3,000 awards provide support for doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in Library and Information Science,… Read More