Alumni News

Forbes Interviews Alum Paul Goodman (MIMS ’12) on Social Entrepreneurship in Latin America

Aug 28, 2013

Alum Heather Ford (MIMS ’11) One of Africa’s Most Powerful Women in Tech

Aug 9, 2013

Alum Alex Smolen (MIMS 2011) Designs Twitter’s New Two-Factor Authentication System

Aug 6, 2013

Obituary: Norma Kobzina, 1944–2013

Jun 25, 2013

Norma Gallins Kobzina (MLIS 1979) April 6, 1944 - May 4, 2013

“Foreign Affairs” Features Research of Alum Yuri Takhteyev (Ph.D. ’09)

Apr 21, 2013

New York Times Highlights Web Privacy Research of Alum Alessandro Acquisti (Ph.D. 2003)

Mar 30, 2013

I School Alums Launch Revolutionary “Smart Driving Assistant”

Mar 13, 2013

Automatic connects your smartphone to your car’s onboard computer, helping consumers save money, drive smarter, and understand what’s happening under the hood.

danah boyd (photo courtesy of Robert Scoble)

SXSW Hall of Fame Honors I School Alumna danah boyd

Mar 8, 2013

The SXSW Interactive Festival is set to welcome I School alumna danah boyd as the second member of its Hall of Fame, calling her a “trend-setter whose career accomplishments have paved the future of the new media industry.” Dr. boyd received her Ph.D from the School of Information in 2008 and is currently a member of the School of Information Advisory Board.

Coming to a smartphone near you: Personalized service experiences

Feb 25, 2013

New research reveals how information systems can replace person-to-person service encounters by substituting information for interaction.

Josh Blumenstock's Ph.D. Dissertation Honored

Dec 14, 2012

The 2012 dissertation, “Essays on the economic impacts of mobile phones in sub-Saharan Africa, ” was honored by the iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition.