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Kaser Lecture Series
The Department of Information and Library Science David Kaser Endowed Lecture is a speaker series on topics relevant to the field of library and information science.
Established by colleagues and students to honor Distinguished Professor Emeritus David Kaser, the series regularly invites a scholar to campus to deliver a lecture (followed by an open reception) and meet with students and faculty.
A beloved professor, Dr. Kaser taught at IU from 1973 until 1991 and remained active in the library and information science community until his death in 2017.
If you have questions about the Kaser Lectures, please email ilsmain@iu.edu.
Luddy 25th Anniversary Research Symposium
Join us in this symposium celebrating 25 years of amazing Luddy research.
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State of Women: Women’s Reproductive Health Community Forum
Online event exploring women's reproductive health in Indiana, featuring expert insights on care, advocacy, and improving outcomes.
When Theory Leads: Towards a Humanities-Forward Model of Computational Research
ILS Colloquium Series: Dr. Lauren Klein, Professor of Data & Decision Sciences and English at Emory University, Director of Digital Humanities Lab and the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network
2026 IUB Three Minute Thesis Live Final Event
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication event that challenges master's and doctoral students to present a compelling oration on their thesis or dissertation research and its significance to a general audience in just three minutes.
Ostrom Workshop | Colloquium: Chinmayi Sharma
Join us in welcoming Chinmayi Sharma, who will present, "AI Dissidence."
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SAVI Data Literacy – Beyond the Numbers: The Power of Qualitative Data
Explore how interviews, documents, and other qualitative data reveal insights and themes that quantitative data alone may miss.
A public panel discussion about Japan's response to a rapidly worsening security environment and implications for the US-Japan alliance. Location: Hodge Hall (Kelley School of Business) Rm 3055.
iHEART Community Forum – Tackling Heart Disease: A Multi-Faceted Approach in Indianapolis
Online event marking three years of heart‑health work in Indianapolis, featuring community advocates and health practitioners.
Compositional Systems Biology: Building Multiscale Biological Models from Interoperable Processes
Eran Agmon, Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and a member of the Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
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IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology
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SAVI Data Literacy – Visualizing Data with Charts
Learn to design clear, effective charts using Excel and other tools in this hands‑on workshop focused on data visualization fundamentals.
IN-GTA Trainings – ArcGIS Fundamentals
Hands‑on, two‑day beginner training in ArcGIS Pro, teaching foundational GIS skills through guided lessons and real‑world applications.
IN-GTA Trainings – ArcGIS Fundamentals
Hands‑on, two‑day beginner training in ArcGIS Pro, teaching foundational GIS skills through guided lessons and real‑world applications.
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Intimidated by formal receptions or big conferences? Learn to work the room, connect with key people, and level up your professional skills with Ambassador Maria Brewer.
Brown Bag Talk: CoRSAL Lab Year in Review
CoRSAL will present its 2025 activities as a digital language archive, highlighting its curation of linguistic fieldwork from Central India and from Northeast India and Thailand.
Emre Sezgin, PhD, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Quantum Communication Advantage for Leader Election and Agreement
Gopal Pandurangan, Moores Professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston, USA
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Learn how GIS and ArcGIS Online support mapping, analysis, and data sharing, with demos showing how these tools can help organizations serve communities.
PATTEN LECTURE: Tiny Conspiracies: How Bacteria Talk to Each Other
Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology at Princeton University
PATTEN LECTURE: Quorum Sensing Across Domains: from Viruses to Bacteria to Eukaryotes
Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology at Princeton University
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SAVI Data Literacy – Telling Stories with Data
Learn to turn data insights into clear, compelling stories by building strong narratives, visuals, and arguments tailored to your audience.
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2026 Conference on Community Engaged Learning
The conference convenes IU Bloomington stakeholders to celebrate and recognize achievements in community engaged learning. Explore best practices in CEL and teaching.
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Explore how IU Bloomington students and faculty engage in global learning right here on campus!
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Past Kaser Lectures
- 2025 - Leo S. Lo, Dean of Libraries, Advisor to the Provost for AI Literacy, University Librarian, and Professor of Education at the University of Virginia: "AI Literacy and Libraries: Research, Upskilling, and the Five Tensions of Transformation"
- 2024- Nicole A. Cooke, Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina: "The Competent Humility Model: Merging the Powers of Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility"
- 2023 – Kate Starbird, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) and Director of the Emerging Capacities of Mass Participation (emCOMP) Laboratory, University of Washington: "Participatory Disinformation during U.S. Elections: Deep Storytelling with an Online Audience."
- 2021 – Helen Nissenbaum, Professor of Information Science and Founding Director of the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech, New York City: "Contextual Integrity versus Privacy Tradeoff Imperatives."
- 2019 – Paul Edwards, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford University and Professor Emeritus of Information and History at the University of Michigan: “Truth Under Siege: Making Climate Knowledge in an Age of Transparency, Skepticism, and and Science Denial”
- 2018 – Geoffrey Bowker, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine: “How the West was Won by Data.”
- 2015 – James L. Mullins, ’84 Ph.D., Dean of Libraries at Purdue University: “How Long the Odyssey”
- 2012 – Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President and Chief Strategist of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC): “The Research Library: Scalabe Efficiency and Scalable Learning”
- 2010 - Jinnie Y. Davis, '81 Ph.D., Coordinating Consultant for The Ohio Board of Regents: "Academic Libraries in the For-Profit Sector"
- 2009 – John Richardson, Jr., ’78 Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at UCLA: “From Hand Printer to Ecological Informatician: Or, How I Discovered the Lost Ship of the Colorado Desert: - an autobiographical speculation on how the field has changed over my thirty plus year career with advice on focusing on the present, studying the past, and planning for the future..."
- 2008 – William Crowe, ’86 Ph.D., Librarian Emeritus at the University of Kansas: "The Research Library of the Future: A View from the 1960s Revisited"
- 2004 - Nicholas Basbanes, Author: "The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World"