<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Please feel free to forward to potential PhD students:<br class=""><br class="">The School of Information Sciences, the iSchool at Illinois, is actively recruiting outstanding doctoral students who are interested in becoming partners in our world-renowned research and scholarship program. We encourage applications from students from all disciplinary backgrounds.<br class=""><br class="">Admitted candidates in good standing are offered four years of funding in the form of research, teaching, and service assistantships, including tuition waivers and stipends.<br class=""><br class="">The School's flexible program ensures that each student receives the intellectual guidance and experiences necessary to prepare them for vibrant research careers in a wide range of academic, business, and government settings.<br class=""><br class="">We study how:<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Information literacy enables participation in the knowledge society,<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Data science opens new windows to knowledge,<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>History informs our identity and guides our information future,<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Systems serve people,<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Information is a vital human resource,<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Libraries shape what we know and who we are.<br class=""><br class="">For more on our vision: <a href="http://ischool.illinois.edu/research/vision" class="">http://ischool.illinois.edu/research/vision</a><br class=""><br class="">For additional information about:<br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The PhD program: <a href="http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/degrees/phd" class="">http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/degrees/phd</a> or by contacting <a href="mailto:ischool-apply@illinois.edu" class="">ischool-apply@illinois.edu</a><br class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The iSchool faculty: <a href="http://ischool.illinois.edu/people/faculty" class="">http://ischool.illinois.edu/people/faculty</a> <br class=""><br class="">Students from historically underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Deadline for PhD applications is December 15.<br class=""><div class="">
<div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px;">-- </span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">Daniel S. Katz</font></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">Assistant Director for Scientific Software and Applications, NCSA</font></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">Research Associate Professor, ECE</font></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">Research Associate Professor</font><span class="" style="font-family: Courier;">, iSchool</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">University of Illinois</font></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier" class="">(217) 244-8000</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"><a href="mailto:d.katz@ieee.org" class="" target="_blank" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px;">d.katz@ieee.org</a><span class="" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 12px;"> or </span><font face="Courier" class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="mailto:dskatz@illinois.edu" class="">dskatz@illinois.edu</a></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px;"></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><a href="http://danielskatz.org/" class="" style="font-family: Courier;">http://danielskatz.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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