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Putting the Fun Back in Fundamentals
Meet the New Florida Library Association President: ԹϱAlum Jorge E. Perez!
August 12, 2024iSchool News

Dr. Christina Eldredge Co-Authors "Special Issue on Informatics Education: Characteristics of U.S. Baccalaureate Health Informatics Programs"
Faculty member, Dr. Christina Eldredge recently co-authored the manuscript “Special Issue on Informatics Education: Characteristics of U.S. Baccalaureate Health Informatics Programs” along with Fatima Mercado of Carroll University and two Թϱ undergraduate students, Anya Wong and Rohan Gajjar.
August 8, 2024iSchool News

2024-2025 School of Information MLIS Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Թϱscholarships! These students have shown dedication to their work and submit premier applications for these scholarships. Թϱand their donors are proud to support the next cohort of library leaders!
August 5, 2024iSchool News

School of Information Professor, Dr. Stephen Gary, Discusses the Global Tech Outage with Bay News 9
School of Information's Professor of Instruction, Dr. Stephen “Scuba” Gary was recently invited by Bay News 9 to give insight on last week’s global technology outage.
July 30, 2024iSchool News

Incoming ԹϱMLIS Student, Myla Corn, Awarded the 2024 Tony B. Leisner Scholarship
Incoming ԹϱMLIS student, Myla Corn, has been awarded the 2024 Tony B. Leisner Scholarship by the American Library Association (ALA).
July 29, 2024iSchool News

From Classroom to Library Leadership: ԹϱMLIS Alum Melissa Welden is Elected Vice President/President-Elect of Beta Phi Mu
In December 2023, Melissa graduated and soon received an invitation to join the honor society Beta Phi Mu. In January of 2024, she became a member. Today, she takes on the role of Vice President/President-Elect.
July 23, 2024iSchool News

School of Information Student's Publish Article in The International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals Journal
Jordan Bentivenga and Syler Vaden, current Intelligence Studies graduate students with the School of Information, publish an article in The International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals Journal.
July 16, 2024iSchool News

School of Information Professor Appointed William W. & Judith A. Gaunt Professor in Library and Information Science for the ԹϱSarasota-Manatee Campus
The Թϱ recently announced the William W. & Judith A. Gaunt Professor in Library and Information Science, a position on the Sarasota-Manatee campus, will be conferred to James E. Andrews, a tenured full professor in the School of Information. The endowed professorship, the first for the School of Information, will establish the school’s presence at ԹϱSarasota-Manatee.
July 10, 2024iSchool News
The Թϱ recently announced the William W. & Judith A. Gaunt Professor in Library and Information Science, a position on the Sarasota-Manatee campus, will be conferred to James E. Andrews, a tenured full professor in the School of Information. The endowed professorship, the first for the School of Information, will establish the school’s presence at ԹϱSarasota-Manatee.
July 10, 2024iSchool News

ԹϱSchool of Information Shines at FLAIRS Conference with Award-Winning Poster
The ԹϱSchool of Information showcased its expertise at the 37th Annual International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) Conference. The poster titled: “How did an election fraud narrative spread online? Testing theories using machine learning and natural language processing” received the Best Poster Award. Co-authored by ԹϱAssociate Professors Dr. Loni Hagen, Dr. Joshua Scacco, and Dr. Ly Dinh, along with undergraduate research assistants Diego Ford and Jahnae Edwards from the BSIS Data Science concentration, and Dr. Nic DePaula, Assistant Professor at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
July 10, 2024iSchool News
The position on the Sarasota-Manatee campus will be conferred to James E. Andrews, a tenured full professor in the School of Information. The endowed professorship will establish the school’s presence at ԹϱSarasota-Manatee.
July 9, 2024iSchool News

Dr. Ly Dinh Presents at the 18th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
Current Assistant Professor, Dr. Ly Dinh, along with co-author Pingjing Yang, presented their paper called, "Detection and Categorization of Needs during Crises Based on Twitter Data" at the most recent ICWSM conference in Buffalo, New York.
July 5, 2024iSchool News