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City of North Miami Library Tot Lot Playground Named After Distinguished Alumna Lucia Martinez Gonzalez

The City of North Miami has named a playground next to the North Miami Public Library after Lucia Martinez Gonzalez, a School of Information distinguished aluma who graduated from the MA in Library and Information Science in 1988.

April 3, 2024Alumni News

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USF plans to launch college focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing

The goal of creating the new college positions the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as a national leader in the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing. USF is the first university in Florida and among the first in the nation to announce plans to create a college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity.

March 21, 2024iSchool News

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Dr. Loni Hagen Selected as a 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Dr. Hagen was recently awarded a Fulbright U.S. scholar for 2024-2025 for Japan to conduct research on human supervision of artificial intelligence.

March 15, 2024Honors and Awards

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A Remarka-Bull Heritage Month: Black History Resources & Collections

In 1976 President Gerald Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. Ford urged the public to, “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” In keeping with that tradition, as information science students, here is a list of some of the amazing resources and collections the USF Library offers that center on Black histories and stories!

February 1, 2024iSchool News

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Dr. Christina Eldredge Named a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association by USF Faculty

Christina Eldredge MD, PhD, FAMIA is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Health Informatics at the University of South Florida School of Information (iSchool) where she leads the growth of their Health Informatics (HI) program.

January 22, 2024Honors and Awards

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SI Newsletter - Spring 2024

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 Dr. Alice Smith’s life and legacy; the winner of the Jean Key Gates Award – Dr. Wade Bishop; we spotlight one of our alumni Todd Chavez, Dean of USF Libraries; and we feature a student article on time management written by Corinne Titus.

January 17, 2024SI Newsletter

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