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MLIS Alumna Jennifer Shipley Chosen for the 2024 BETA Award
Jennifer Shipley is a Library Operations Manager for the Miami-Dade Public Library System. She was awarded the 2024 Best Emerging Technology Application (BETA) Award in recognition of a technology application that directly benefits library users.
April 8, 2024Alumni News, Honors and Awards
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
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
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
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 Distinguished Alumna Lucia Martinez Gonzalez Receives 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award
The Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) was created to recognize those who have achieved excellence in librarianship over an extended (over 20 years) period of service and who have made significant and lasting contributions to REFORMA, as well as to the Latino and the Spanish-speaking communities.
May 10, 2023Alumni News, Honors and Awards
2nd Annual State of the Program Hosted by the School of Information
Each year, the USF School of Information (SI) hosts a State of the Program event where we discuss accomplishments of the M.A. in Library and Information Science program, where we aim to be over the next few years, and where we recognize our Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumni Award winner along with our USF SI Outstanding Student Award winner.
November 1, 2022Honors and Awards, iSchool News
Dr. Alon Friedman Awarded NSF Grant to Study Increasing the Quality of Peer Review
Dr. Alon Friedman has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to put towards his project Using Behavioral Nudges in Peer Review to Improve Critical Analysis in STEM Courses. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
September 19, 2022Honors and Awards, iSchool News
MLIS Student, Sara Hack, Awarded RMBS Scholarship & Will Speak at RMBS Conference in June
Sara Hack, a current M.A. in Library in Information Science graduate student, was recently awarded the Rare Books & Manuscripts (RBMS) Scholarship.
June 1, 2022Honors and Awards, iSchool News
MLIS Student, Amanda Wright, Awarded 2022 FLA Scholarship
Florida Library Association (FLA) recently recently announced their scholarship winners in the recent Florida Library Journal.
May 5, 2022Honors and Awards, iSchool News
MLIS Student, Aparna Ghosh, Selected as an ARL Kaleidoscope Diversity Scholar
Members of the ARL Kaleidoscope Program Selection Working Group have chosen MLIS graduate student, Aparna Ghosh, to be one of only 18 MLIS students to participate in the 2021–2023 Kaleidoscope Program as ARL Diversity Scholars.
August 12, 2021Honors and Awards, iSchool News
USF School of Information Student Wins REFORMA Scholarship
Maria Dones, a graduate student in the USF SI MLIS program, was just awarded a prestigious REFORMA scholarship.
August 6, 2021Honors and Awards, iSchool News