Eric T. Meyer

Dean & Professor, UT Austin iSchool
Senior Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, U Oxford

[Kathryn Eccles @KathrynEccles]

Congratulations @LM_HATII who has successfully defended her DPhil thesis @oiioxford today! Special thanks to fellow examiner @WITWhat and supervisor @etmeyer

[UT Austin @UTAustin]

.@utsystem Board of Regents unanimously votes to appoint @JCHartzell the 30th president of The University of Texas at Austin: https://t.co/YiPFY84k0t

Watch Chairman Kevin Eltife talk with President Hartzell about his vision for the university:

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

OpEd that philanthropy is not enough from the always brilliant @UTAustin alum Darren Walker @darrenwalker president of @FordFoundation and driving force behind Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) @NewAmericaPIT. Read https://t.co/4znk6QvKwz.

[School of Information - UT Austin @UTiSchool]

The School of Information is pleased to announce the establishment of the Virginia & Charles Bowden Endowed Professorship in Librarianship, thanks to a generous $500,000 gift from iSchool alum, Virginia Bowden, and her husband, Charles Bowden.

Read more: https://t.co/FyvNf1AJCi

[iSchools @iSchools]

The iSchools Organization has released the following Statement on Injustice and Racism:

https://t.co/45DzTBaSeN

#BlackLivesMatter #iSchools

[UT Austin @UTAustin]

VP for Diversity @leonardnmoore and @UTPDChiefCarter talk about racism and police brutality against Black people in this country, policing on UT campus, and how we can do better: https://t.co/1dj6Uv41MS

[UT Austin @UTAustin]

.@DellMedSchool's inaugural graduates will help revolutionize how people get and stay healthy — starting now: https://t.co/XkNxZrIcvX

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

Web archives being used to spread disinformation https://t.co/ifuSIVkJxU featuring @UTiSchool faculty @amelia_acker @internetarchive

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

Interesting article on 'The Knowledge' and London cab drivers (that happens to quote me, but I would think it interesting without that). https://t.co/HwMNRrOaRg. @oiioxford @UTiSchool @barclaybram

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

@UTiSchool faculty member Bo Xie and colleagues 'Global health crises are also information crises' available OA https://t.co/tiDqIIUsRm.

[School of Information - UT Austin @UTiSchool]

Curious how our increasing reliance on tech might affect our understanding of our past? Join award-winning science fiction writer Ted Chiang for a public talk on Technology & the Narrative of Self, sponsored by @UTiSchool and @UTGoodSystems. Register now: https://t.co/2yPpNQx5mJ

[School of Information - UT Austin @UTiSchool]

@UTiSchool assistant professor Dr. Jakki Bailey was awarded a microgrant from the @FIC_UT to support student learning in virtual environments!

#utischool #texasischool #vr #VirtualReality https://t.co/tsYPCgyoL5

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

Enjoying the UT Austin Tower Singers holiday carols. @UTAustin

[Matt Lease @mattlease]

Learn about UT Austin's School of Information (@UTiSchool) and our research to curb misinformation, as part of UT Austin's Grand Challenge @UTGoodSystems to develop responsible AI technologies: https://t.co/XjC041dk3z

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

Daily Texan on the @UTiSchool iSchool and #PITUN: https://t.co/l5QUHFMQwy

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

New Grant to Help Align Information Science Curriculum With Serving the Public Good https://t.co/OevajrYxfd

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

Understanding is key to trusting robots, says @UTiSchool prof Ken Fleischmann at the Mad Scientist conference: https://t.co/ibXRZBZECX

[UT Austin @UTAustin]

We have 47 schools and specialties ranked in the top 10 of the latest edition of “Best Graduate Schools” from @usnews — that's the most in Texas: https://t.co/DqOVKDigIf #WhatStartsHere 🤘

[Eric T. Meyer @etmeyer]

Will the future thank us or curse us when they try to write the histories of the digital age? We could leave rich data about our digital lives or we could end up losing troves of data that haven't been saved. https://t.co/cNeDhVUKV4