@etmeyer

Dean & Professor, UT Austin iSchool Senior Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, U Oxford

 Austin, TX
Joined February 2009
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Congratulations @LM_HATII who has successfully defended her DPhil thesis @oiioxford today! Special thanks to fellow examiner @WITWhat and supervisor @etmeyer
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UT Austin
@UTAustin23 Sep 2020
.@utsystem Board of Regents unanimously votes to appoint @JCHartzell the 30th president of The University of Texas at Austin: utex.as/2RVminO Watch Chairman Kevin Eltife talk with President Hartzell about his vision for the university:

UT Board of Regents Chairman Eltife Congratulates President Hartzell

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OpEd that philanthropy is not enough from the always brilliant @UTAustin alum Darren Walker @darrenwalker president of @FordFoundation and driving force behind Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) @NewAmericaPIT. Read nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opini….

Opinion | Are You Willing to Give Up Your Privilege? (Published 2020)

Philanthropy alone won’t save the American dream.

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The School of Information is pleased to announce the establishment of the Virginia & Charles Bowden Endowed Professorship in Librarianship, thanks to a generous $500,000 gift from iSchool alum, Virginia Bowden, and her husband, Charles Bowden. Read more: ischool.utexas.edu/news/endo…
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iSchools@iSchools11 Jun 2020
The iSchools Organization has released the following Statement on Injustice and Racism: ischools.org/News/9030953 #BlackLivesMatter #iSchools
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UT Austin
@UTAustin6 Jun 2020
VP for Diversity @leonardnmoore and @UTPDChiefCarter talk about racism and police brutality against Black people in this country, policing on UT campus, and how we can do better: utex.as/3dGKh3o

A Conversation About Race and Policing with Dr. Leonard Moore and...

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UT Austin
@UTAustin21 May 2020
.@DellMedSchool's inaugural graduates will help revolutionize how people get and stay healthy — starting now: utex.as/3cSZ2jc
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Web archives being used to spread disinformation technologyreview.com/2020/04… featuring @UTiSchool faculty @amelia_acker @internetarchive

Covid hoaxes are using a loophole to stay alive—even after content is deleted

Pandemic conspiracy theorists are using the Wayback Machine to promote “zombie content” that evades moderators and fact-checkers.

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Interesting article on 'The Knowledge' and London cab drivers (that happens to quote me, but I would think it interesting without that). granta.com/the-knowledge/. @oiioxford @UTiSchool @barclaybram

The Knowledge | Barclay Bram | Granta

Barclay Bram on the infamous London black cab exam, and how communal knowledge is changing.

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Curious how our increasing reliance on tech might affect our understanding of our past? Join award-winning science fiction writer Ted Chiang for a public talk on Technology & the Narrative of Self, sponsored by @UTiSchool and @UTGoodSystems. Register now: attend.com/tedchiang
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@UTiSchool assistant professor Dr. Jakki Bailey was awarded a microgrant from the @FIC_UT to support student learning in virtual environments! #utischool #texasischool #vr #VirtualReality vimeo.com/387067825

2019 Micro Grant

Jakki Bailey, Assistant Professor with UT Austin's School of Information, was a 2019 FIC Micro Grant recipient for her proposal: 3D Storytelling with Unity.

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Enjoying the UT Austin Tower Singers holiday carols. @UTAustin
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Matt Lease@mattlease18 Nov 2019
Learn about UT Austin's School of Information (@UTiSchool) and our research to curb misinformation, as part of UT Austin's Grand Challenge @UTGoodSystems to develop responsible AI technologies: goodsystems.utexas.edu
Micron Technology
@MicronTech5 Nov 2019
Micron's @DanPBingham talked with @UTiSchool's Matt Lease about what it means to them being one of @MicronGives Advancing Curiosity Grant recipients at #MicronInsight bitly.com/34t5Uzx
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Daily Texan on the @UTiSchool iSchool and #PITUN: dailytexanonline.com/2019/10…
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New Grant to Help Align Information Science Curriculum With Serving the Public Good news.utexas.edu/2019/10/08/n…

New Grant to Help Align Information Science Curriculum With Serving the Public Good - UT News

Image Credit: Abstract crowds of people with virtual reality street display. This is entirely 3D generated image. AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas

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Understanding is key to trusting robots, says @UTiSchool prof Ken Fleischmann at the Mad Scientist conference: ausa.org/news/understanding-…

Understanding Is Key to Trusting Robots

Soldiers fighting alongside robots on future battlefields will build trust with their unmanned comrades only if they understand why the machine is doing what it’s doing.

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UT Austin
@UTAustin26 Mar 2019
We have 47 schools and specialties ranked in the top 10 of the latest edition of “Best Graduate Schools” from @usnews — that's the most in Texas: utex.as/2TZ9fW7 #WhatStartsHere 🤘

UT Ranks Among the Top Research Universities in U.S.

UT is one of the top American universities for graduate students, according to the latest edition of “Best Graduate Schools."

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Will the future thank us or curse us when they try to write the histories of the digital age? We could leave rich data about our digital lives or we could end up losing troves of data that haven't been saved. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.o…
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Introduction to special issue on the Social Informatics of Knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…, @JASIST
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