Mar 12, 2020 | News, Updates
Center for an Informed Public researchers and affiliates have been prominent voices in the media in recent weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic has developed, demonstrating the type of public engagement envisioned for the University of Washington’s new center. “We are a...
Mar 9, 2020 | News, Recent Press
How do we make sense of an overload of information during a crisis? The CIP’s Kate Starbird reflected on that question and her experience as a crisis informatics researcher in light of the recent COVID-19 epidemic and accompanying “infodemic” in a...
Jan 28, 2020 | News, Updates
By Doug Parry The UW’s Center for an Informed Public is tackling some complex issues, but the theme of the new research center’s first major public event boiled down to a few simple words: “Think more, share less.” That advice from CIP Director Jevin West drew one of...
Dec 11, 2019 | News, Recent Press
The editorial board of The Seattle Times gave its wholehearted support to the Center for an Informed Public in an editorial published Dec. 8, 2019: It reads, in part: “Every citizen, philanthropist and level of government should support the Center for an...
Dec 4, 2019 | News, Recent Press
The Seattle Times featured the CIP’s launch event and the UW-WSU partnership on its front page, both in print and digitally. “In a politically divided state, if we can do it right here, maybe we can get this right for the rest of the country,” The Times quotes...
