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ALT U.S. Congressman Don Bacon speaks about cybersecurity and policy in a conversation moderated by iSchool Professor Masooda Bashir.

ALT Pictured from left to right: Bob Flider, Senior Director of Community and Government Relations; Information Sciences Professor Masooda Bashir; U.S. Rep. Don Bacon; Casey O'Brien, Associate Director for Cyber Defense Education and Training, Information Trust Institute; Matthew Luallen, Lead Research Scientist for Education Translation, Information Trust Institute, Information Trust Institute

ALT The front cover of Library Trends 75 (2), “Rethinking Readers' Advisory for Today's Reading Reality,” edited by Robin Bradford and Becky Spratford

ALT Neatly stacked books in front of a light orange background

ALT Pictured from left to right: Associate Professor Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Assistant Professor Travis Wagner, and Professor Kate McDowell

ALT An iSchool student gestures towards their research poster as an attendee listens

ALT Attendees listen attentively to the presenters at the iSchool Research Showcase

ALT Professor Masooda Bashir presents the keynote speech

ALT An attendee asks a question into a microphone during a Q&A

ALT "We are hiring" graphic with a blue finial background

ALT iSchool alum and current CAS student David Muzard (MSLIS ’25)

ALT iSchool PhD student David Eby

ALT A Spurlock Museum staff member carefully handles artifacts

ALT Associate Professor Yoo-Seong Song teaches a class, as students raise their hands to answer a question.

ALT iSchool Associate Professor Yun Huang

ALT A peek into MapInsights, a web-based training platform, developed by Associate Professor Yun Huang, that converts the memorization of a large real-world operating environment into structured, measurable practice.

ALT The symposium features keynote speaker Africa Hands, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, and three panel sessions: What drives a compelling tension?, Trauma in Archives: The Compelling Tensions Exposed, and AI and LIS: Irresolvable Tension? October 29, 12-4 pm Central Time. Includes a logo for the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

ALT Library Trends will host a webinar featuring 75 (1), "Cultural Heritage in Crisis,” on Thursday, November 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

ALT iSchool Professor and Executive Associate Dean J. Stephen Downie smiles next to his speaker poster

ALT From left to right: MSIM student Ethen Huang, PhD student Haibo Jin, Haojing Luo, and Assistant Professor Haohan Wang. 

ALT iSchool Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox speaks into a microphone for a conversation held at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

ALT Attendees smiling and talking with each other at the “Ideas Unbound” forum talk held at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

ALT A person flips through a book with a small sign on the right that reads, “Banned Books Week. Who Decides What We Can Read?”

ALT iSchool Interim Dean and Professor Emily Knox gestures while speaking into a microphone for a conversation held at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

ALT Outdoor group photo of Assistant Professor Meicen Sun, along with the attendees and speakers for the Inaugural Convening of the AI in Geopolitics Network (AIGEN)

ALT Assistant Professor speaks while her hands clasp together in front of a tv screen with text “AI in Geopolitics Network (AIGEN)

ALT Assistant Professor Meicen and a fellow speaker look out at the audience at AIGEN

ALT Aerial view of the building where AIGEN took place alongside surrounding fall trees

ALT The 2026 iSchool Research Showcase will be held this year on Friday, October 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Rooms A & B of the Illini Union. This event will feature posters and presentations on topics regarding AI and machine learning, libraries, information, and learning, health and heathcare, social impact and public policy, indigenous knowledge and cultural preservation, and cybersecurity and privacy.

ALT iSchool alum Janelle Ketcher (MSLIS '25)

ALT A group of people working on their letters during a workshop for Postal Service for the Dead

ALT A postcard addressed to someone’s dad written in light blue cursive

ALT The Postal Service for the Dead Archival Committee