information science
noun
: the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and as an applied science
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Key focus areas for the program include biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear fission and fusion energy, space exploration, quantum information science, and semiconductors and microelectronics.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Last year, 58 percent of computer and information sciences doctorates went to temporary visa holders, alongside 42 percent in physics and 51 percent in mechanical engineering.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
Presented by Red Balloon Bookshop and the school’s master of library and information science program.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
And though attacks against telecom providers are not unusual, this kind of brute force method is almost unheard of, said Butler, a professor of computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Last year, 58 percent of computer and information sciences doctorates went to temporary visa holders, alongside 42 percent in physics and 51 percent in mechanical engineering.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
Presented by Red Balloon Bookshop and the school’s master of library and information science program.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
And though attacks against telecom providers are not unusual, this kind of brute force method is almost unheard of, said Butler, a professor of computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Information science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20science. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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