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On 3/10, amid the escalating conflict in Iran, Dr. Lucy Suchman spoke to UT iSchool’s doctoral seminar on the Political Economy of AI Supply Chains, warning of the risks of AI in warfare and battlefield targeting.

Read more: https://t.co/p1NU1P2MaR

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🎉 Congratulations iSchool professors Angela D. R. Smith, Earl Huff Jr. and Ying Ding for receiving 2026 Good Systems Seed Grants! 🎉

Read more about these outstanding faculty and their projects here: https://t.co/vUr5Ck2oWv

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The 2026 iSchool Research Showcase is TOMORROW!

📅 Friday, February 27
🕣 8:30 AM – Noon
📍 Santa Rita Suite, Texas Union Building (3rd Floor)

🔗 Full event details:
https://t.co/srxlcJHm7I

✔️ RSVP here:
https://t.co/AYjBRN73qi

We can’t wait to see you there!

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The 2026 iSchool Research Showcase is THIS Friday!

📅 Friday, February 27
🕣 8:30 AM – Noon
📍 Santa Rita Suite, Texas Union Building (3rd Floor)

🔗 Full event details:
https://t.co/srxlcJHTXg

✔️ RSVP here:
https://t.co/AYjBRN7BfQ

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It is now official that the iSchool will be a founding department in the new School of Computing. The School of Computing will be launched within the College of Natural Sciences with other founding departments, Computer Science and Data and Statistics.
https://t.co/7DioEbiZeD

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🎉 Featured panels for the iSchool Research Showcase 2/27!

🕤 9:30–10:15 AM
Computational Social Science and Critical Perspectives on Technology and AI

🕚 11:00–11:45 AM
Civic Discourse and AI for Access, Education, and Memory

🔗 Full event details: https://t.co/srxlcJHm7I

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🎉 You’re Invited to the 2026 iSchool Research Showcase! 🎉

📅 Friday, February 27

🕣 8:30 AM – Noon

📍 Santa Rita Suite, Texas Union Building (3rd Floor)

Full event details: https://t.co/bfzLuxS30d

RSVP here: https://t.co/xlMch7pQqH

We hope to see you there!

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The iSchool is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Ken Fleischmann to the role of Interim Dean and Chair Designate. Fleischmann will take the reins as incoming leader of the iSchool, leading the unit into its next phase.
Learn more here: https://t.co/NfYkenoOht

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The iSchool was well represented at the ASIS&T Conference last month in Washington DC. Nineteen iSchool professors, postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, and graduates had their work presented at the conference. View the full list here: https://t.co/yEeRyl80Y7

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On 11/8, 35 students from the iSchool and ACC participated in a 4-hour Civic Deliberation Simulation about disaster preparedness in Texas, specifically in response to the tragic flash flood on July 4-5th in the Hill Country this past summer. https://t.co/da79FQG17y

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Fall 2025 iSchool Capstone Poster Session is on Friday, 12/5, 12pm to 2pm.

Come celebrate the innovation and impact of iSchool students as they present projects across UX, Data Science, AI/ML, Information Security, Archives, Product Design, and more. Event is open to all!

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iSchool PhD students with Dr. Hanlin Li at the CSCW conference in Bergen, Norway last week. Congratulations to all iSchool faculty and students who presented at the conference! You can learn more about those presentations here: https://t.co/8XBxXup3Pq

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On 11/8, iSchool students in Dr. Brian McInnis’ Civic Engagement and Technology course will be facilitating a discussion about the Texas flash flood recovery and response efforts at the ACC Center for Government and Civil Service (CGCS). Sign up here: https://t.co/ansasPFEXr

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Interested in learning more about the iSchool PhD program? Join us for one of our upcoming PhD info sessions, 10/28 https://t.co/5AcegzOyS3 and 10/30 https://t.co/LAjcoz0Ail

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The iSchool is hiring! Position open for Associate Academic Advisor and Student Life Coordinator for our Undergraduate Informatics Program. Click here to apply https://t.co/HheE75WIcy

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On 11/8, iSchool students in Dr. Brian McInnis’ Civic Engagement and Technology course will be facilitating a discussion about the Texas flash flood recovery and response efforts at the ACC Center for Government and Civil Service (CGCS). Sign up here: https://t.co/ansasPFEXr

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At this year’s ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW) in Bergen, Norway, more than 15 current iSchool faculty and students will be presenting papers and posters at the event. Learn more here: https://t.co/8XBxXup3Pq

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iSchool professor and Associate Dean for Research Dr. Ken Fleischmann was interviewed on the local news for a story on an AI-generated fake home-invasion prank trend on TikTok. You can read the full story here:
https://t.co/OMBsiYoMWt

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Congratulations to Ken Fleischmann (@UTiSchool) on being named a fellow in the inaugural Microsoft AI Economy Institute for his work on scaling AI ethics education nationwide 👏

Recognition like this affirms the importance of ethics-forward research in the AI space.

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Rebecca Elder, an adjunct professor at the School of Information, said some belongings might not be too far gone to save. “Things are often more salvageable than you imagine, but if you throw them away, they’re gone forever,” she said. Read more: https://t.co/S9TNBK4DbY