Lynne M. Thomas Receives 2025 Hugo Award

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Lynne M. Thomas, Head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University Library, has received a 2025 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for her work as co-editor-in-chief and co-publisher of Uncanny Magazine with her husband, Michael Damian Thomas. The award includes managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki; and podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Additionally, a story published in Uncanny Magazine, “Stitched to Skin like Family Is” by Nghi Vo won the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

This is Thomas’s twelfth Hugo Award; she now holds the most Hugo Award wins among women and ties Mike Glyer for the fifth-most wins among all Hugo Award winners. The Hugo Award is “the leading award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy.” The awards were announced on August 16, 2025, at a formal ceremony at Seattle Worldcon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention. Since 1955, the Hugo Awards have been awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society.

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Spring 2025 Professional Service by Library Faculty and Academic Professionals

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Beginning in Spring 2025, we will release a new series alongside our triannual recognition of Presentations and Publications by Library Faculty and Academic Professionals, recognizing Professional Service.

We would like to congratulate and recognize the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library faculty and academic professionals on the leadership they provide beyond our campus. A list of those elected or appointed to positions in professional associations, advocacy groups, and other organizations this past spring is presented below.

Spring 2025 Presentations by Library Faculty and Academic Professionals

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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library faculty and academic professionals presented on several subjects last spring. We would like to congratulate and recognize our researchers on their significant contributions to the university, the Library and Information Science department, and other disciplines. A curated bibliography of these presentations is presented below.

(Links to presentation recordings or materials are provided when available.)

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