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.

Fee Update

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

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.

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