SLIS News
Fulbright Scholar Chloé Vicente visits ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ
1/28/25
Chloé Vicente, the first Chilean to receive a Fulbright award in library science and the first Chilean to be a Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Illinois State University, heads to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ for lectures that will bring a global perspective to the field of librarianship.
Aria joins SLIS faculty
11/18/24
With a background in academic and health science librarianship, Paria Aria, PhD, joined the School of Library and Information Studies in Fall 2024.
Graduate student receives inaugural scholarship
10/11/24
Lina Burklin, a Master of Library Science student, received the inaugural 2025 Martha Wong Scholarship from the Texas Library and Archives Foundation (TxLAF), a foundation supporting the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC).
SLIS faculty to present this Fall
9/17/24
Seven faculty members from the School of Library and Information Studies are set to present at conferences in upcoming months.
Elkins awarded $370,000 grant to develop anti-bias curriculum
8/27/24
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded Aaron Elkins, PhD, and two colleagues a $370,000 grant to develop a curriculum for universities and high schools that teaches students how to recognize their own biases when gathering information.