{"id":213,"date":"2025-10-11T03:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T03:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:26:58","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#038; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"213\" class=\"elementor elementor-213\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb7a94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2fb7a94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0034e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e0034e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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custom-html-widget\"><nav style=\"align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;color:white;width:100%;padding:10px 0;flex-wrap:wrap\">\r\n  \r\n  <div style=\"text-align:left;line-height:1.5\">\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:25px;font-weight:bold\">IS&amp;T Lab<\/div>\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:18px;margin-top:2px\">Information Science &amp; Technology Lab<\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"align-items:center;text-align:right\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">Home<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/news-events\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">News &amp; Events<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">Research Areas<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/ai\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">AI<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/student-projects\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">Student Projects<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/people\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">People<\/a>\r\n\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/nav>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb76286 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb76286\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be68fac elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be68fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upcoming Events<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8840c7b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8840c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef6191 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"2ef6191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">IS&amp;T Colloquium <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">IS&amp;T Meetups and Discussions <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">AI and Information Literacy: Research Reimagined<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffaa3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffaa3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2026 Events<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914238f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"914238f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aee639 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9aee639\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e676fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e676fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SLIS-AI-Task-Force-FLYER-3-791x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2298\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SLIS-AI-Task-Force-FLYER-3-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SLIS-AI-Task-Force-FLYER-3-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SLIS-AI-Task-Force-FLYER-3-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SLIS-AI-Task-Force-FLYER-3-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SLIS-AI-Task-Force-FLYER-3.png 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:129.39%;max-width:1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50fe191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50fe191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/inperson_event\/\"><b>Beyond the Hype and Fear: Conversations on AI Ethics and LIS<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif;\">Dean Sanda Erdelezus led discussions with Don Simmons, Naresh Agarwal, and Mei Zhang regarding <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Bias, truth, environment, data, copyright, privacy, and emotions\/social chatbots, human labor, and power through this three-part event<\/span><\/p><p>Session 1: April 9th, 2026<\/p><p>Session 2: April 16th, 2026<\/p><p>Session 3: April 23rd, 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522904f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"522904f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bea33d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bea33d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2025 Events<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fba0a66 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fba0a66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46b6cf e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c46b6cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8387ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8387ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FactFictionTheFeed_ISTEvent-791x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-810\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FactFictionTheFeed_ISTEvent-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FactFictionTheFeed_ISTEvent-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FactFictionTheFeed_ISTEvent-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FactFictionTheFeed_ISTEvent-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FactFictionTheFeed_ISTEvent.png 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:129.45%;max-width:1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d23a46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d23a46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/inperson_event\/\"><b>Fact, Fiction, and the Feed<\/b><\/a><\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div><p>Don Simmons facilitated a panel of both SLIS professors and the Dean of the department. All four of the panelists discussed their personal connection and hopes of the future with AI emerging technology and information literacy in today&#8217;s climate.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Wednesday, November 12, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cef8a2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7cef8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dae474 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9dae474\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06bbe6 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a06bbe6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a210d42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a210d42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1187\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IST-Lu-Lecture-Announcement-2-1-1-1187x1536.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-356\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IST-Lu-Lecture-Announcement-2-1-1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IST-Lu-Lecture-Announcement-2-1-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IST-Lu-Lecture-Announcement-2-1-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IST-Lu-Lecture-Announcement-2-1-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IST-Lu-Lecture-Announcement-2-1-1.png 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\" style=\"width:100%;height:129.45%;max-width:1545px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2125e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b2125e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/2025\/10\/27\/online_event\/\"><strong>Complex Perceptions of Social Media Misinformation in China<\/strong><\/a><\/h3><div><br><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zhicong Lu, an assistant professor at George Mason University, delivered a guest lecture on social media misinformation in China, presenting findings from two studies that explored user perceptions and trust in different media sources.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Monday, October 27, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9bc1e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fa9bc1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15b9342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15b9342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Events<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb884a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfb884a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Refer to Research Areas \u2192 Specific area \u2192 Faculty pages \u2192 Talks for more past events<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e5982 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56e5982\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef4a5f e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ef4a5f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1bc4fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1bc4fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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