School of Information Sciences

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

• 2026 Windsor Lecture

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Virtual lecture with Room 126 at 501 E. Daniel Street open for viewing

  Robert Wedgeworth, former American Library Association (ALA) executive director, will present "The Future of the iSchool."

  • Lecture

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• A Conversation on the Modern University, the Mind, and Well-Being With Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (법륜스님)

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  Illini Union Rooms A, B, & C at 1401 W. Green St. Urbana, IL 61801

  Join us for a timely dialogue with Venerable Pomnyun Sunim on the critical challenges facing today’s universities and communities.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• 2026 iSchool Research Showcase

  Time

  12:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Illini Union, Illini Rooms B & C

  The iSchool Research Showcase shares human-centered, interdisciplinary research through a keynote speech and a series of short presentations and posters by School of Information Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students. All are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Webinar: Cultural Heritage in Crisis

  Time

  11:00 am

  • Webinar

  

Thursday, March 4, 2027

• 2027 Gryphon Lecture: School Book Lists and the Civic Education of U.S. Teens: from 1950 to Texas

  Time

  1:30 pm

  Location

  Room 126, 501 E. Daniel Street

  Jonna Perrillo, education historian and professor of English education at the University of Texas at El Paso, will deliver the 2027 Gryphon Lecture hosted by the Center for Children's Books in the School of Information Sciences. She will present "School Book Lists and the Civic Education of U.S. Teens: from 1950 to Texas."

  • Lecture