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Fall Capstone 2022 offered something for everyone

(Above photo: student Sarah Bush) What do Whittle Sweets, Conscious Diapers, and the Boone County Democratic Party, have in common? All of these and more were featured the Luddy Indianapolis fall 2022 Capstone senior showcase and N420 projects. And the subject matter and media applications were as varied as the industry sponsors the students partnered […]

Luddy helps teachers prepare students for a tech-driven job market through CxD workshops

When teachers feel empowered and excited about computer science, their students benefit. Luddy Indianapolis is working with Indiana public school instructors to expand opportunities in their classrooms. More than 420 different teachers from 307 schools in 71 Indiana counties have benefited from its Computing by Design (CxD) Teachers Training Program, funded by the Indiana Department […]

Moore scholar takes her information science journey into digital territory

Amira Malcom, this year’s recipient of the Wilma Gibbs Moore Graduate Endowed Scholarship, is earning her MLIS at SoIC, with the goal of becoming a meme librarian. She hopes to "use information science to start the work of creating pathways back to Black creators and continue to democratize the influencer landscape at large.”

Library of Congress internship informs MLIS student’s future as curator and creator of multicultural stories

School of Informatics and Computing graduate student Khrisma McMurray is already gaining real-world experience with her summer internship at the Library of Congress. McMurray is pursuing a Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) with a specialization in Facilitated Learning and participated in the Junior Fellows Program in the Informal Learning Office. McMurray learned about […]

School partnership with Hope Training Academy studies tech training in a virtual world

When Zebulun Wood, lecturer and director of the Media Arts and Science (MAS) undergraduate program at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, is not teaching in the classroom, he’s educating in and about the virtual space. Virtual reality, that is. Wood and Angela Murillo, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Library […]

Students’ video earns prime online placement

Students studying video and sound at the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI work on real-world assignments. For one team, that’s led to their video being featured on an organization’s website, as a marketing and information tool. Students Sophia Jaegly, Phillip Rowan, and Boda Zhang were working as a team in adjunct lecturer John Scofield’s Intermediate Digital Video class, NEWM-N […]

2021 Wilma Moore scholars continue an information legacy

Lauren Harris (left) and Raneem Hijazi, the 2021 recipients of the Wilma Moore Scholarship, exemplify the versatility of an MLIS degree. The scholarship celebrates and encourages increasing diversity in library science. From cultural preservation to electronic records management, the recipients have discovered how earning a master’s degree in library and information science from the IU […]

Students complete Design Sprint sponsored by School of Informatics and Computing

Nearly 40 students combined their expertise to arrive at solutions to the 2021 Design Sprint challenge. Using design thinking principles and practices, teams were asked to conceptualize the 21st neighborhood from identifying characteristics of success to addressing the difficult problems that some face. The overarching question was how any contributing factors—such as tangible, physical elements, […]

LIS alumna Nichelle Hayes named 2021 Mover and Shaker by Library Journal

Each year the Library Journal honors a small, select number of library leaders as Movers and Shakers; this year that elite group includes Nichelle M. Hayes, MPA, MLS, ’14. Hayes is currently the founding leader of the Center for Black Literature and Culture (CBLC) at the Indianapolis Public Library and a graduate of the IU […]

MAS intern uses art and technology to promote healing via digital storytelling

Mary Fitzpatrick wanted to combine her appreciation for visual communication and social media with her passion for teaching art to children, switching from majoring in education to a degree in Media Arts and Science. Her specialization in digital storytelling took her to a unique internship experience with Ascent 121. Mary currently works as a Graphic Designer.

Students win Tech to Protect Challenge, innovate informatics solutions for first responders

The team of Swarnamouli Majumdar, Mayur Srivastava, Aamir Khan, I Ting (Tiffany) Tseng, and Bhavani Prasad Rao Ejanthkar (pictured above left to right with advisor Sonny Kirkley) recently returned from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where they successfully competed in the Tech to Protect Challenge sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). […]

Students help preserve endangered species for future generations with AR app

A team of four informatics and computing students, led by Drennen Dooms, has been working for University of Massachusetts professor Duncan Irschick to create an educational app for Irschick’s library of 3D models of animals, some of which are endangered. "Duncan goes all over the world scanning these endangered species, and now Drennen and his team are digitizing them and making a scavenger app that can go to zoos and conferences to generate awareness for Duncan and his mission to digitally preserve all these species that are about to disappear."

IUPUI students devise innovative concepts to help people who are homeless, hungry

(Story contributed by Rich Schneider, originally published October 16, 2019) Twenty-one IUPUI students gathered Oct. 11 in the mayor’s conference room on the 25th floor of the City-County Building to present their solutions to a difficult social problem: How do you reconnect people to society who have become homeless or are unsure when they will […]

Human-centered computing students find continued success in IoT

Two students in Professor of Practice Lou Lenzi’s INFO H567 class at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI were part of a three-person team that recently won the True AR Challenge. Members of Team HCI, Sandeep Jagtap and Rahul Jain, along with Pruthviraj Narayanaswamy, took first place for their AR (augmented […]

Alumna Jennifer Johnson is a 2017 Mover and Shaker

Library and Information Science and Media Arts and Science alumni, Jennifer Johnson, Morgan Johnson, and Maveric Watts, worked to preserve the iconic Madame Walker Theatre, a National Historic Landmark in Indianapolis, by creating 3D digital models. Jennifer Johnson is currently the digital scholarship outreach librarian at the University Library at IUPUI.

Alumna to lead new center at Indianapolis Central Library

Nichelle M. Hayes, MLS, 2011, leads the Center for Black Literature and Culture at the Indianapolis Public Library’s (IndyPL) Central Library in Indianapolis. As program specialist she has combined an initial collection of 10,000 volumes with interactive programming—creating a place to study and explore the contributions of Black authors.