School of Information
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October 13, 2022
U-M partners with Google to offer job-ready tech skills program
A new flexible online training program on data science will prepare job-seekers in Michigan and beyond to quickly enter one of the fastest-growing labor markets and advance their careers.
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August 3, 2022
Elizabeth Yakel to serve as interim School of Information dean
Elizabeth Yakel, the C. Olivia Frost Collegiate Professor of Information and senior associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Information, will be the school’s interim dean starting Aug. 15.
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July 7, 2022
Finholt recommended as vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs
Provost Laurie McCauley is recommending Thomas A. Finholt, dean of the School of Information, be appointed the next vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs.
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May 5, 2022
Mentioning ‘white privilege’ increases online polarization
If there’s an online discussion about race, using the term “white privilege” can create a polarized situation, U-M researchers say.
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April 28, 2022
Anyone can be a cyberbully, new U-M study shows
People who have high premeditated or impulsive aggressive tendencies online are likely to cyberbully others, according to a new study by researchers from the School of Information and the Law School.
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April 11, 2022
Correction: Faculty work to decolonize Philippines collections
The Record’s April 11 email incorrectly listed the U-M college affiliation for Deirdre de la Cruz, one of two faculty members leading a project to address and repair various issues related to the university’s collection of artifacts from the Philippines. She is an associate professor of history and of Asian languages and cultures in LSA.
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April 11, 2022
Faculty members work to decolonize U-M Philippines collections
Faculty members from the School of Information and LSA are leading a project to address and repair various issues related U-M’s large and wide-ranging collection of historical artifacts from the Philippines.
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April 11, 2022
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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March 9, 2022
Study: Returning workers increase optimism about COVID-19 safety
As people inch closer to returning to work after staying home during the pandemic, they tend to downplay the risks of getting a COVID-19 infection, according to new research.
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February 22, 2022
Researchers find journalists temper scientific claims
A large-scale study of uncertainty in science communications indicates that journalists tend to temper, not exaggerate, scientific claims.
