School of Information

New Book

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media

Groundbreaking new book reports on a three-year ethnographic investigation of young people's use of digital technology. Twenty-three different case studies reveal the intricate dynamics of youth's social and recreational use of digital media.

Audio & Video

Andrew McAfee: "The Revolution Will be Digitized: How IT is Affecting Business and Competition"

Audio from November 4 Distinguished Lecture (length: 81:53)

Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google: "Computer Mediated Transactions"

Audio from October 28 Distinguished Lecture (length: 57:36)

Alessandro Acquisti: "Predicting Social Security Numbers From Public Data "

Audio from October 14 Dean's Lecture (length: 74:14)

Don't Miss

December 3

Tangible User Interfaces: Student Project Exhibition

Try out students' interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

February 3 - February 6

iConference 2010

The fifth annual iConference, held at the University of Illinois, will examine the impacts of the iSchool movement.

Fee Update

The UC Regents have approved an additional professional degree fee of $6000 per year for MIMS students entering in Fall 2010.

Breaking News

I School Research Wins Creativity & Cognition Awards

Project developed a mixed physical and digital authoring environment for children playing with the robotic Pleo dinosaur

Ph.D. Student Elizabeth Goodman Awarded Intel Fellowship

Goodman's research combines human-computer interaction (HCI) with geography, investigating the design of ubiquitous computing systems for everyday urban places.

I School Faculty and Students to Present at "Creativity and Cognition" Conference