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Student Partners for Information Research and Literacy (SPIRaL) Undergraduate Research Program
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SPIRaL Undergraduate Research Program Applications Open!
Applications open until March 26, 2026.
The Creativity Question: Humans, AI, and the Future of Creative Professions
SPIRaL trains a team of undergraduate researchers to investigate how information literacy can inform real-world solutions to contemporary information challenges, like mis/disinformation, inequitable access to information, and the rapidly expanding role of AI in our lives.
This is a chance to shape the conversation about creativity, technology, and the future of work through a hands-on research experience with other undergraduate researchers from across campus.
ID:EALS Virtual Speaker Series
Medieval Information Literacy: Research Into Practice
We are thrilled to host another virtual research talk in our ID:EALS 2025-26 speaker series.
Our guest speakers, Dr. Andrew (Drew) Whitworth of the University of Manchester and Dr. Kristin Browning Leaman of Purdue University, will explore how scholars created and employed systems of information literacy to navigate the information spaces of the medieval period.
ID:EALS Virtual Speaker Series
Advancing Women’s Health Information Literacy: Global Researcher Spotlights
We are thrilled to host another virtual research talk in our ID:EALS 2025-26 speaker series.
Leili Seifi and Neda Zeraatkar will present their research project, “Access and Strengthen Health Information Literacy: A Toolkit to Alleviate Information Poverty in Pregnant Rural Women in Iran.”
Professor Anwarul Islam will share his team’s ambitious project, “AI and Health Information Literacy: A Study Exploring the Perceived Usefulness, and Readiness Among Women in South Asia.”