On Friday, May 8 at Bass Concert Hall on UT campus, the entire iSchool community gathered, along with scores of friends and family of graduating students, to celebrate the impressive accomplishments and cheer for the future success of the iSchool Class of 2026. Congrats to all who walked the stage to receive an iSchool diploma!

Students Aleena Jacks, Kyle Castillo, Lucas McGill and Marsh Vo earn Dean’s Excellence honors

Interim Dean Ken Fleischmann was recently featured in a KXAN news story examining Austin's emergence as a national hub for artificial intelligence and the growing tension between innovation and responsible development.

The iSchool congratulates professor Andrew Dillon and recent MSIS graduates Mrunmai Abhyankar and Anajana Menon on winning the 2025 Stanley Caplan User-Centered Product Design Category Excellence Award. The recognition comes via their work redesigning the website of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).

Two members of the UT Austin School of Information community have been named among the recipients of the UT President's 2026 Outstanding Staff Awards: current student Elista Street and double alumna Katie Pierce Meyer. They join a select group of 30 non-teaching university employees recognized this year for making outstanding contributions to the continuing success of the university. Recipients received a certificate and a $1,500 honorarium.