“From Early Earth to Mars: Advancing an Integrated 'Landscape Terraformation Science' of How Life Transforms Planets with a Multi-scale Collaboratory Digital Twinning of Biosphere 2" is one of six projects selected as winners of the University of Arizona's inaugural Big Idea Challenge. The project unites experts including InfoSci Assistant Professor Cristian Román across five disciplines.

Two College of Information Science student capstone teams partnered with Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona to turn data, technology and fresh perspectives into real-world solutions. For the Beyond the Thrift: A Data-Driven Story of Goodwill’s Community Impact team, Goodwill is putting some of their recommendations into place.

Safia A. Francis, MLIS ’27, and Emily Poling, JD ’27, MLIS ’28, were named the 2026 Student Division recipients of the American Association of Law Libraries/LexisNexis Call for Papers Award. The annual competition recognizes outstanding papers relevant to law librarianship, with a student division open to students enrolled in library or law school.

College of Information Science Interim Dean and Professor Catherine Brooks is featured in The Education Magazine’s “The 10 Deans Transforming Information Science & Digital Innovation, 2026.” Brooks is the cover story for the publication’s special feature that includes an in-depth profile of the InfoSci interim dean: “Catherine Brooks: How Human Questions Still Guide the College of Information Science.”

BS in Cyber Operations student Jesse Ceja expected cybersecurity to be about networks, alerts and protecting systems from behind a computer screen. Then a visit to Tucson Electric Power changed his perspective. Learn more in the latest installment of InfoSci Voices, the College of Information Science video series spotlighting the people, ideas and experiences shaping the future of information science.

The University of Arizona iShowcase is where student projects move beyond the classroom and into the community, and alumni, industry representatives and community members are invited to see the students’ work, ideas and innovations firsthand. They are also invited to learn about the iAlliance, a new network of alumni, industry professionals and community partners.

Lingyao Li joined the College of Information Science after serving as an assistant professor at the University of South Florida and before that a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on how we can design AI systems that are not only capable, but also trustworthy, adaptive and genuinely useful to people.

Danielle Carlock Cowan, a 2005 graduate of the Master's in Library and Information Science, will bring her innovative Maricopa Native Seed Library model to Croatia, exploring how libraries can advance conservation, environmental education and community engagement.

For the second consecutive year, the University of Arizona is ranked No. 4 in the world for Library and Information Science in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, affirming the College of Information Science’s place among the leading centers of research in the field.

A new NewsNation report on the 10 fastest-growing jobs over the next decade highlights two careers with particularly strong connections to the College of Information Science: data scientists, ranked No. 3, and computer and information research scientists, ranked No. 8. The rankings are based on new 2025-2035 employment projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.