School of Information hopes to save history lost by wildfires
A soaked book rested on a table with plain paper towels between every few pages to dry it. Nearby, students and community members removed soot from burned documents with a soft brush and dry rubber...
View ArticleProfessor hopes to find teaching methods to retain women in technology-based...
Although computer and information technology careers have not always been considered popular for women, School of Information associate professor Lecia Barker is working to change that...
View ArticleSchool of Information students discuss banned books at Read-Out
[Corrected Sept. 27: Changed spelling of Jessica McClean]When Information sciences graduate student Jessica McClean was in high school, she read J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” — a coming of...
View ArticleNew dual master's program bridges gap between Latin American and information...
The School of Information and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies have introduced a new dual master’s degree program between the two schools. This program would provide students...
View ArticleUT preemptively purchases .xxx domain names to protect brand
In order to prevent UT’s slogan from becoming associated with a pornographic site, UT has purchased the www.HookEmHorns.xxx, www.TexasSports.xxx and www.TexasBoxOffice.xxx internet domain names.The...
View ArticleFormer dean and professor at the School of Information dies at 79
Glynn Harmon, former dean and professor at the School of Information for more than 40 years, died Sunday, Feb. 17 at the age of 79.Harmon earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of...
View ArticleNursing round table discusses remedies for campus health literacy issues
Increasing community health literacy, the basic ability to make informed decisions about medication and other health-related decisions, was the topic of a round table discussion presented by the School...
View ArticleSchool of Information promotes digital information studies
Located off campus on Guadalupe sits the School of Information. With its vague name and small enrollment, many students, particularly undergraduates, are left wondering what the program is, if they’re...
View ArticleSchool of Information dean discusses school's faculty, students
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of Q-and-A’s with UT’s deans. Andrew Dillon has served as dean of the School of Information, formerly the Graduate School of Library and Information Science,...
View ArticleProfessors receive funding to digitize historical records on asylum
Earlier this month, professors in the College of Liberal Arts and School of Information received $763,000 from the Mellon Foundation to help fund research about Virginia's first mental institution...
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