Jun 2, 2021 | News, Updates
During the University of Washington Information School’s recent Capstone 2021, where soon-to-graduate iSchool students presented projects where they applied skills and lessons from their coursework to solve a real-world information problem, often in partnership with a...
May 26, 2021 | Events, News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Vera Burgos On May 13, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public and Tech Policy Lab co-hosted a virtual book talk featuring Kate Crawford, a leading scholar studying the social implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and author of the...
May 26, 2021 | News, Recent Press, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass During a May 4 keynote presentation at a virtual conference hosted by the George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, Kate Starbird, a University of Washington Center for an Informed Public cofounder and Human Centered...
May 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized, Updates
By Michael Grass Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there had been media reports about Amazon book search algorithms putting health- and vaccine-related misinformation at the top of reading lists. But as the pandemic has brought new attention to the risks of...
May 21, 2021 | Events, News, Updates
Four University of Washington Information School Capstone 2021 projects sponsored by the Center for an Informed Public will be presented during a virtual event on Thursday, May 27. This year’s Capstone gala event, which is open to the public, features nearly 100...
May 18, 2021 | News, Updates
The University of Washington Information School has named Michael Caulfield, the director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University Vancouver, as an affiliate instructor. Caulfield, who has regularly collaborated with UW’s Center for an Informed...
