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Dr. Loni Hagen Selected as a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Dr. Hagen was recently awarded a Fulbright U.S. scholar for 2024-2025 for Japan to conduct research on human supervision of artificial intelligence.

March 15, 2024Honors and Awards

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A Remarka-Bull Heritage Month: Black History Resources & Collections

In 1976 President Gerald Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. Ford urged the public to, “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” In keeping with that tradition, as information science students, here is a list of some of the amazing resources and collections the USF Library offers that center on Black histories and stories!

February 1, 2024iSchool News

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Dr. Christina Eldredge Named a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association by USF Faculty

Christina Eldredge MD, PhD, FAMIA is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Health Informatics at the University of South Florida School of Information (iSchool) where she leads the growth of their Health Informatics (HI) program.

January 22, 2024Honors and Awards

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SI Newsletter - Spring 2024

The University of South Florida School of Information Newsletter brings together departmental stories, events, and news important to information professionals. In this issue we highlight Dr. Alice Smith’s life and legacy; the winner of the Jean Key Gates Award – Dr. Wade Bishop; we spotlight one of our alumni Todd Chavez, Dean of USF Libraries; and we feature a student article on time management written by Corinne Titus.

January 17, 2024SI Newsletter

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School of Information faculty and graduate develop statewide cyber intelligence assessment for Florida's critical infrastructure

School of Information faculty and alumnus were tapped by Cyber Florida to provide threat/intelligence risk assessment for Florida’s critical infrastructure.

November 16, 2023iSchool News

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Milestone celebration marks the School of Information's 50th anniversary

The School of Information celebrates 50 years. Alumni, faculty, and students gathered for a memorable evening to reflect on the program’s achievements and future goals.

November 13, 2023Honors and Awards

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Dr. Amelia Anderson Co-authors "Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities"

Check out the recent publication from Dr. Amelia Anderson that was featured as a "most read" article.

November 9, 2023iSchool News

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Dr. Natalie Taylor to Serve Second Term as Part of ALISE DDC Council

Dr. Natalie Taylor secures a second term as Co-Chair for the ALISE Deans, Directors, and Chairs Council.

November 1, 2023iSchool News

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Dr. Karen Kaufmann Co-Authors New Article "Measuring outcomes: Information literacy instruction assessment in a cross-institutional study"

Dr. Karen Kaufmann, in collaboration with her peers, has co-authored an article focused on assessing the influence of information literacy in higher education.

October 11, 2023iSchool News

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Destyni Lalla Awarded CAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Visualization, Virtualization and Simulation

In recognition of the power of data visualization in addressing critical global challenges, Destyni Lalla, a student at the University of South Florida (USF) has been awarded the prestigious CAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Visualization, Virtualization, and Simulation. This significant achievement highlights the her dedication to bridging the gap between data and knowledge, particularly in the context of disaster risk reduction and climate change awareness.

September 26, 2023Honors and Awards

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USF School of Information at DEFCON 31

Dr. "Scuba" Steve Gary attended DEFCON 31, the world's largest hacker conference. He attends every year to keep abreast of the latest innovations in the hacker community. "The more we know about the threats and vulnerabilities in cyberspace, the more we know how to reduce the threats, and prevent or mitigate exploitation (hacking) of those vulnerabilities."

August 21, 2023iSchool News

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Intelligence Studies Graduate Student Alexandra Sosa Mora Attends IC-CAE 2023 Summer Seminar

The Intelligence Community College of Academic Excellence (IC-CAE) conducts every year a weeklong seminar in Washington DC, where students are exposed to the different facets of the intelligence community (IC), visit different IC agencies, attend forums, speak with recruiters and get to participate in a completely immersive analytic simulation that is presented to intelligence community professionals at the end of the week in the National Intelligence University (NIU).

August 15, 2023iSchool News

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