In the News
2023
With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm of misinformation in 2024.
CNN (July 17)
G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election.
New York Times (June 19)
The fastest way to upskill.
WeSchool (June 12)
New WA law requires clear disclosures for 'deepfakes' used in election media.
CIP Blog (June 9)
Weaponized Empathy.
OpenMind (May 24)
Watch our Mini MisinfoDay series of educational workshops.
CIP Blog (May 17)
All Things Considered local cut-ins and tomorrow morning during Morning Edition.
NPR (KNKX) (May 16)
Searching the web for science: how small mistakes create big problems.
Nature (April 6)
University of Washington professors on using ChatGPT in the classroom.
Geekwire (April 6)
'It's an especially bad time': Tech layoffs are hitting ethics and safety teams.
CNN (Arpil 6)
Digital literacy: Can the republic 'survive an algorithm'?.
Associated Press (March 20)
2020
Coronavirus "infodemic" threatens world's health institutions.
Axios (Feb 25)
Can a New Think Tank Rescue Us from the Misinformation Age?
Seattle Met (Feb 25)
Internet giants fight spread of coronavirus untruths.
AFP News (Feb 25)
Telling fact from fiction in the information age.
KUOW (Feb 16)
Disease warriors tasked to fight misinformation about coronavirus.
TribLive (Feb 12)
The coronavirus is spreading rapidly. So is misinformation about it.
Washington Post (Feb 10)
2019
Advancing a new field of research: Sam Gill at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public Opening.
Knight Foundation (Dec 12)
Universities Unite to Expose Deepfakes before 2020 Vote.
Governing (Dec 5)
Can you tell which face is real? UW and WSU plan to fight digital 'deepfakes'.
Seattle Times (Dec 4)
UW launches new center.
NPR (Dec 4)
UW research center to tackle the problem of fake news.
KUOW (Dec 4)
UW Launching New Center.
KOMO Radio (Dec 4)
UW Launching Fake News Center.
KIRO 7 (Dec 3)
2018
Huge peer-review study reveals lack of women and non-Westerners
Nature (Sept 18)
Education is our best weapon against fake news, says information expert
The StarMetro, Vancouver. (Sept 13)
The Record. KUOW, NPR Radio (July 2)
The Dave Ross Show. MyNorthwest, KIRO Radio (June 29)
Why bullshit hurts democracy more than lies
The Conversation (May 15)
Fake news and misinformation: Why teaching critical thinking is crucial for democracy
UW Provost Office (April 23)
Certifying online journalists: A bad idea whose time has come?
Geekwire (April 21)
Making sense of the Facebook data mining scandal and how it affects you
New Day NW, King5 News. (March 23)
Fine-Tune Your B.S. Detector: You’ll Need It
Wall Street Journal (March 19)
UW professor who studies 'information warfare' on how to protect yourself
King5 News, Seattle (Feb. 16)
Making sense of information: Who do we trust? Where do we go from here?
UW News Today (Feb. 9)
Technology will only contribute to the production of "fake news"
The Daily, UW (Jan. 23)
Metrics Mania
Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan. 7)
2017
UW News (Dec. 20, 2017)
Nature (Dec. 13, 2017)
Publishers Weekly (Nov. 23, 2017)
Inside Higher Ed (Nov. 20, 2017)
Le Monde (Nov. 8, 2017)
Columbia Journal Review (Oct. 15, 2017)
Publishers Weekly (March 15, 2017)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Feb. 20, 2017)
Seattle Times (Jan. 28, 2017)
NPR, Morning Edition (Jan. 23, 2017)
KOMO News (Jan. 20, 2017)
2016
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan. 16, 2016)
Inside Higher Ed (Dec. 14, 2016)
Nature (Dec. 8, 2016)
Reuters News (Nov. 9, 2016)
Washington Post (Aug. 1, 2016)
Vice Media's Motherboard (July 22, 2016)
The London Times (July 16, 2016)
Nature (July 5, 2016)
The Economist (June 18, 2016)
MIT Technology Review (May 27, 2016)
Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan. 13, 2016)
2015
UW eScience (Dec. 1, 2015)
Bloomberg News (Nov. 12, 2015)
Inside Higher Ed (Aug. 25, 2015)
FiveThirtyEight (Aug. 5, 2015)
2014
Nature (June. 25, 2014)
Popular Science Magazine (April 17, 2014)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 17, 2014)
2013
Nature (March 27, 2013)
Wired (Feb. 7, 2013)
The Scientist (Jan. 23, 2013)
Nature News (Jan. 22, 2013)
2012
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Oct. 22, 2012)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept. 24, 2012)
The Scientist (Sept. 12, 2012)
Science (April 11, 2012)
College of Science Letters (Jan. 10, 2012)
2011
Science News (Dec. 15, 2011)
MSNBC (Dec. 15, 2011)
Chronicle of Higher Education (Nov. 8, 2011)
The Boston Globe (Oct. 5, 2011)
American Mathematical Society (Oct. 1, 2011)
Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept. 11, 2011)
Nature (Aug. 2, 2011)/div>
The Economist (Mar. 26, 2011)
Financial Times (Mar. 2, 2011)
2010
Above the Law (Oct. 6, 2010)/div>
Concurring Opinions (Oct. 5, 2010)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept. 29, 2010)
Galileo (June 22, 2010)
Nature (Mar. 26, 2010)
Nature (Mar. 25, 2010)
The Scientist (Jan. 28, 2010)
NPR's "All Things Considered" (Jan. 27, 2010)
2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education (Dec. 16, 2009)
Utah State University (Nov. 19, 2009)
Wired (May 22, 2009)/div>
Journal of Biological Chemistry (May 9, 2009)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Apr. 8, 2009)
Science Magazine (April 8, 2009)
JBC News (April 5, 2009)
Seed Magazine (Mar. 20, 2009)
New York Times (Mar. 16, 2009)
Nature News (Mar. 9, 2009)
Visual Complexity (Feb. 20, 2009)
Nature blog (Jan. 29, 2009)
Data Visualization (Jan. 28, 2009)
Thomson Reuters Press Release (Jan. 21, 2009)
2008
Columbia University Libraries Scholarly Communication Program (Oct. 30, 2008)
Scopus Research Trends (Oct. 27. 2008)
Yale University Libraries (Oct. 13, 2008)
Seed Magazine (Oct. 1, 2008)
University of Washington Newsletter (Fall 2008)/div>
University of Washington Newsletter (Sept. 28, 2008)
MU Libraries (Aug. 7, 2008)
Nature blog (July 22, 2008)
2007
Ted and Carl Bergstrom receive SPARC Innovator Award (June 1, 2007)
Three-Toed Sloth (Mar. 20, 2007)
2006
The Mathematics Calendar 2006
The Mathematics Calendar 2006 by Theoni Pappas (Jan. 1, 2006)
2004
Nature News (Jan. 21, 2004)
Science News (Feb. 21, 2004)
Herald Journal (Feb. 20, 2004)
USU Today (Feb. 12, 2004)
Slashdot.com (Jan. 22, 2004)
Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends (Jan. 22, 2004)
Three-Toed Sloth (Jan. 21, 2004)
