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2023 News
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SI Newsletter - Fall 2023
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 the opening of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, 50 years of Library and Information Science and an interview with Award winning author and alumna Celia C. Perez, along with introductions of our new faculty.
August 14, 2023SI Newsletter
Dr. Christina Eldredge Publishes Research on "Foundational Domains and Competencies for Baccalaureate Health Informatics Education"
We caught up with Dr. Christina Eldredge in our recently published Fall 2023 Newsletter about her efforts in Health Informatics Education. In that publication she shared her efforts serving on committees to develop accreditation standards for both graduate and undergraduate level health informatics programs.
August 10, 2023iSchool News
Dr. Ly Dinh Recent Research Article: "Are We Projecting Gender Biases to Ungendered Things? Differences in Referring to Female Versus Male Named Hurricanes in 33 Years of News Coverage"
Hurricanes are ungendered phenomena that are ascribed with gendered names. Dr. Ly Dinh and collegues examined if news information about the hurricanes are presented using gendered language.
July 25, 2023iSchool News
USF SI Student Erika Cooley Selected as Library of Congress Junior Fellow
Erika is currently pursuing an MLIS degree at USF while interning for the Library of Congress at the National Audio Visual Conservation Center as part of the Junior Fellows program. She will be creating metadata for the Universal Music Group collection.
May 25, 2023iSchool News