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Today, Facebook officials reported the technical issue that triggered a widespread outage earlier this week had been fixed. The interruption also impacted Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, and is believed to be the biggest interruption ever for the massive social media…

Mary Spio ’98 will deliver the convocation speeches at the College of Engineering and Computer Science’s ceremony and the iSchool’s ceremony on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Spio is the founder and CEO of CEEK VR, a developer of premium social virtual…

The world already faces a glut of data, and the repository of online information constantly increases in size. Scientists who study the issue say that in the next 15 years, 1,000 times more information will exist in the digital world than the…

Uzbekistan Ambassador to the United States Javlon Vahobov and senior officers from the Uzbekistan Embassy met Monday with Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity officials to discuss educational partnerships between their country and the Maxwell School and the School of Information Studies (iSchool). The…

Applications are now open for the final two School of Information Studies (iSchool) immersion experience programs of the 2019 calendar year. The programs, Peak2Peak and Innovate Ireland, are open to all graduate and undergraduate students at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity, regardless of…

The student organizers of the 2019 TEDx Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity conference are excited to unveil the overarching theme for this year’s event. The theme is SHIFT. According to Co-Lead Organizer and Executive Producer Christopher Sekerak, “our team selected ‘SHIFT’ as the…

Thanks to a generous contribution from a Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity alumnus, students embarking on four signature immersion experiences at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will have their program fees reduced to $250  through 2023. Alumnus Rob Harris ’77, G’79 has established…

The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host the second Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Research Un-Conference in April. The purpose of the Un-Conference is to bring together faculty and Ph.D. students from the…

Those who engage in contemplative practice know its positive effects, but documenting its value to others is not always easy. Several Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity professors, representing a number of different disciplines, have contributed to a new book, “Empirical Studies of Contemplative…

A new interdisciplinary effort at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity will advance knowledge and teaching in the field of autonomous systems, exploring new frontiers in policy, law and governance of these fast-expanding technologies. From self-driving cars to drone delivery systems, from robotic underwater…