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Bachelor of Science in Informatics
Informatics majors have a passion for making a difference through information and technology. They design, build, manage and secure systems to meet the needs of people, organizations, and society.
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Master of Library & Information Science
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Master of Science in Information Management
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PhD in Information Science
The PhD program is the catalyst for excellence and attracts top students committed to making a difference through research, teaching and service to the community.
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What is an iSchool?
Who are we?
We are a community of professionals focused on diverse areas of expertise relating to the study of information and its use by people and organizations.
What do we do?
We prepare information leaders. We research the problems and opportunities of information. We design solutions to information challenges. We make information work.
Why do we do it?
We are inspired by information. We want to help people achieve their potential and harness the capacity of information as an agent for positive change.
How do we do it?
We conduct rigorous research, create challenging academic programs, tackle key social and technical problems in the information field and strengthen the link between users of information and designers of information systems.
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Joseph T. Tennis wins ALISE/Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition
iSchool Assistant Professor Joseph T. Tennis’ paper, “The Strange Case of Eugenics: A Subject’s Ontogeny in a Long-Lived Classification Scheme...
Friendship 2.0: Teens’ technology use promotes sense of belonging, identity
With adolescents seemingly glued to cell phones and social networking websites, experts are investigating whether the near-constant digital activity changes...
Karen Fisher to research immigrant minority youth as info intermediaries
It is often youth who teach their parents about technology and provide everyday information. This is even more pronounced for...
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Joe Tennis and the SF Zen Center
Every summer, UW iSchool Assistant Professor Joe Tennis takes master of library and information science students to the San Francisco...
Araba Sey presents at TEDxYouth@Seattle
Araba Sey, research assistant professor in the iSchool's Technology & Social Change Group, explains how access to mobile technology resources...
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