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Judy Field, a UMSI alum of 1963 is Professional in Residence at the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University.

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Guest speaker series at UMSI

Throughout the academic year, the School of Information hosts special guest lecture series on a variety of topics. These talks are open to the public at no charge. Additional guest speakers may be found on the Events calendar.    

Bartels Lecture Series

  • Sally Okun

    Sally Okun of PatientsLikeMe addresses the need to capture patient insights about health care delivery.

     
     

    • Policy Talks @ the Ford School

    • Dick Costolo

      On November 16, 2012, U-M alumnus Dick Costolo (BS '85) discussed how he went from the trenches of computer science at U-M to leading a world-changing company.

      See the video of this talk.

       
       

      • John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society

      • Current and past speakers

        The John Seely Brown Symposium is sponsored by the School of Information with support from a gift by John Seely Brown. 

         
         

        • Google Lecture Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

        • Winter 2013

          The Google Lecture Series is intended to inspire all to explore entrepreneurial opportunities. The series is presented at the School of Information with support from Google and the CREATE student group at SI.

           
           

          • Yahoo! Lecture Series

          • Recent speakers in the series

            The Yahoo! Lecture Series will bring interesting speakers to UMSI to discuss today's relevant information-related topics.

             
             

            • MIX lectures

            • Elaine L. Westbrooks

              The Multi-Ethnic Information Exchange student organization at UMSI presents issues related to diversity and inclusion.

               

               
               

              • FIRST Talks

              • Winter 2013 schedule

                Featured Information Research Student Talks is a series of brown bag lunches sponsored by UMSI doctoral students.

                 
                 

                • STIET-ICD Seminars

                • Spring 2013 schedule

                  STIET-ICD Seminars focus on the use of incentive-centered design to deliver new and improved systems for human use of the Internet.

                   

                   
                   

                  • Rackham Centennial Alumni Lecture

                  • Louis Rosenfeld

                    UMSI alumnus Louis Rosenfeld (MILS '90) spoke on "Beyond User Research" at the October 25, 2012 Rackham Centennial Alumni Lecture.