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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWSMcKnight to Present at FCC Panel Discussion (Click Here to View) By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094Lee McKnight, Kauffman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will participate in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) panel discussion to examine the transition from the nation’s current public switched telephone network to new technologies.The panel, part of a series of workshops looking into the issues around moving from a circuit-switched...
OTHER SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWSPie-Throwing Raises Pennies and Dollars for American Cancer Society By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 iSchool Professor David Molta takes a pie to the face to raise money for the American Cancer Society. [More Pictures] The stage was set: the outdoor plaza of the School of Information Studies (iSchool), on the Quad. The... Syracuse Affiliated Tweets Hit Trending Topic for Second Time in a Week By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Student Ben Glidden's Tweet on things he'd rather do than attend SU's Block Party reached worldwide trending topic status. For the second time in a week, tweets and online conversations of School of Information Studies (iSchool)–affiliated social media... Associate Dean Stanton Named Fellow, American Council on Education By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975Jeffrey M. Stanton, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs and Professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named as a fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for the 2012-2013 academic year.The announcement of the year’s fellowship appointments was made today in Washington, DC by Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education president. Dedrick’s Global Value Chain Research Informs International Trade Groups By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 The realities of today’s global value chains – and their effect on American manufacturing, trade and economic assessments and, ultimately, domestic and foreign policy – were among the topics discussed by a School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor and participants at two international trade... Distinguished Colleague Talk Set for April 11 By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094 Geoffrey C. Bowker, Professor at the School of Information and Computer Science, University of California at Irvine, will present a Distinguished Colleague talk at the School of Information Studies on Wednesday, April 11.Bowker's research focuses on the use of web and other digital resources across a set of... Entrepreneur Kaplan ’97, Delivers Emerging Talk Keynote By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Philip Kaplan '97 (right) talks about one of his new business ventures to a group of iSchool faculty and students. Students, faculty, and business leaders from Syracuse University, the School of Information Studies and the Syracuse community packed Emerging... Ten Years in the Making, WiGiT to Debut at TEDxHarlem Event By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094WiGiT (Wireless Grid Innovation Testbed) will announce its Version 0.1 Open Specifications for wireless grids edgeware during the TEDxHarlem conference in New York City on Tuesday, March 27.TEDxHarlem is a day-long conference that seeks to understand, celebrate and empower the informal methods of social innovation that grow organically in Harlem and throughout communities around the world. Little Free Library Initiative Earns Chancellor’s Award By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Donated books are prepared for the Little Free Library location on Gifford Street. The Syracuse Little Free Libraries project, an initiative that brings books for borrowing to community street corners, is among numerous initiatives presented by... #CMGRchat Tops Twitter’s Worldwide Trending Topics By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 A screenshot of Twitter's worldwide trending topic shows #CMGRchat. An online gathering for community managers and others interested in social media practice that is hosted by two Syracuse University-affiliated social media professionals achieved worldwide... Student Sandbox Application Period Open Through April 4 By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Nicolas Garritono of Helios Innovative Technologies explains his company's product at Demo Day 2011. The application process for the 2012 Summer Syracuse Student Sandbox program now is open.Sandbox Director John Liddy has announced... Crowston Appointed Distinguished Professor of Information Science By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094 Kevin G. Crowston, professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), was appointed Distinguished Professor of Information Science by Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina. Distinguished Professor is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty whose exemplary scholarship has advanced the... iSchool Introduces New Graduate Certificate in Data Science By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975The School of Information Studies (iSchool), an international leader in the information field, is boosting its cutting-edge academic offerings once again with the introduction of a new graduate Certificate of Advanced Studies in Data Science.The program is the first state-approved certificate of advanced study in this topic area in New York. Content focuses on equipping students and professionals for... Former Sandbox Company Wins Top Industry Startup Award at SXSW By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 A .com company launched from the School of Information Studies/Syracuse Tech Garden Sandbox in 2009 by three Syracuse University graduates was named “Best Bootstrapped Startup” at the tech industry’s pinnacle conference of the year last night.BrandYourself.com was named the overall... Sandbox Director Liddy Receives White House Award Nomination By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Syracuse Student Sandbox Director John D. Liddy was honored to be nominated for a “Champions of Change” award from The White House, but even more affirming was what he learned about the distinctiveness of the School of Information Studies’ student entrepreneurial mentoring program during his visit. SU, Anadolu University Formalize Student Exchange Agreement By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Eric F. Spina Vice Chancellor and Provost of Syracuse University (right) and Ender Suvaci, Vice Rector for Research and International Affairs at Anadolu University sign the exchange agreement. A group of delegates from Anadolu University, Turkey, has... iSchool Grad on “Africa, Tech & Women” Panel at SXSW March 12 By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 A School of Information Studies (iSchool) graduate who applies her iSchool background to help African women and girls empower themselves through technology is presenting on “Africa, Tech & Women – The New Faces of Development” at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference in Austin, TX, on... Syracuse’s Little Free Library Featured on NBC News By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975Several images of Syracuse’s first Little Free Library were shown on NBC Nightly News on March 10, in a story covering how the trend of the “Take a Book, Return a Book” informal libraries are catching on across the country and even around the world.The pay-telephone housing that comprises a Little Free Library in Syracuse, and another image of the community leaders and Syracuse... Startup Credits SU, Sandbox, Tech Garden Mentors as Support for Success By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Patrick Ambron is CEO of BrandYourself.com An award-winning web company, whose trio of founders benefited from their Syracuse University backgrounds and support from School of Information Studies, Student Sandbox and Syracuse Tech Garden mentors, has... Speakers added to #140cuse Lineup By: Jessica SmithYesterday the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University announced the final speaker for the #140cuse Conference lineup, effectively topping off a stacked list of presenters. This comes after several weeks of speaker additions that have rounded out the list of 42 characters who will present at this extension of the global #140conference. The five speakers who were announced over the past twelve days will each bring something... Tech Entrepreneur Follows ‘Road Less Traveled’ By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Isaac Budmen shares his experiences during the #140challenge Along the way to the traditional, buttoned-up college education he thought he would need in life, Isaac Budmen went rogue, you might say.The third... iSchool’s SXSW Contingent - Faculty, Staff, Students; Rotolo Presenting By: Diane Stirling (315) 443-8975 The School of Information Studies (iSchool) is sending a contingent of social media faculty, staff and students to South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive in Austin, Texas, a pinnacle industry conference, where they will represent the iSchool and will share, learn, and community-build in a social media-culture way. iSchool Professor Testifies Before NY State Senate Committee on Libraries By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 A School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member was among a small group of library directors and specialists to testify before members of the New York State Senate Select Committee on Libraries in the state capital this week.Barbara Stripling, Assistant Professor of Practice at the iSchool,... Workshop Gears Medical Research Librarians to Changing Environment By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975Big data trends in bioscience and changing policies in health care are creating an increasingly complex environment for medical research librarians, and Dr. Jian Qin, Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies, has developed a workshop to help them address those issues.Titled, “Developing Data Services to Support eScience/eResearch,”the session puts an eScience perspective on... #140conf Founder Pulver Sees #140cuse as “Amazing Experience” By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 Jeff Pulver (right) talks with iSchool faculty member Anthony Rotolo (center) and student Sam Morrison. Some might argue the notion that “social media,” as many refer to today’s real-time web communication technologies, have existed all... iSchool Alum Wins ProQuest Innovation Award By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975 School of Information Studies (iSchool) MLIS alumnus Anne Burke, of North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, has been named a recipient of the 2012 Association of College Research Libraries College Libraries Section ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award.Burke, along with NCSU... WeJay Radio Beta Trial Underway; TEDx Debut in March By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8795An emerging form of “social radio” pioneered by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Lee McKnight and the iSchool’s Wireless Grids Innovation Testbed (WiGiT) is being showcased this spring in its first public forums. Called “WeJay,” the beta product is the first wireless grid-enabled application to emerge from the research undertaken at the Wireless Grids... “Atlas of New Librarianship” Wins ALA 2012 “Best Book in Library Literature” Award By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975The American Library Association has chosen a book written by School of Information Studies Professor R. David Lankes as its 2012 “Best Book in Library Literature.” Lankes’ “The Atlas of New Librarianship” was named winner of the annual American Library Association’s (ALA) ABC-CLIO/Greenwood award, the ALA announced this week. In naming the book’s... Deloitte Consulting Offers Social Media Competition By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094Deloitte Consulting has announced a competition open to all Syracuse University students.The hands-on case competition will be focused on social media, and will culminate on Deloitte Day where an internal team of judges will select 5 finalists to present to a panel of judges for final ranking. Deloitte Day will also provide an opportunity for students to network with Deloitte... Viral Video the Means for iSchool Student’s Life-Philosophy Message By: Diane Stirling(315) 443-8975A two-minute YouTube video-gone-viral may have initiated the proverbial fifteen minutes of fame for Sam Morrison, but there’s much more to the man and his story than that. The backflips that led to the School of Information Studies student’s recognition around the world are simply Sam’s means. He’s also got a mission, a method and a message. That mission is to live... Now Serving in the iCafe: Pizza, Social Media, and The 140 Challenge By: Diane StirlingFor four more Fridays In February and March, School of Information Studies students will strut their social media stuff in efforts to win a presenter’s spot at the noted social media industry #140Conference this June in New York City. Billed as “a battle of brawn…a battle of brains…a battle of social media know-how” by the iSchool’s 140Challenge website, one student each week will provide a... Student Barista/Blogger Brewing Up Interest at the iSchool By: Diane Stirling Steve Rhinehart talks about his project during the 140challenge. These days, when he brews, he blogs.A couple of times a week this semester, Stephen Rhinehart, a graduate student at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), packs a suitcase full of coffee beans, latte cups, brewing equipment, containers... Grant Funds Virtual SLS - Public K-12 Library Book Creation Course By: Diane StirlingA grant for a new course that uses technology to virtually connect School of Information Studies (iSchool) distance students with classes of Syracuse City School students with disabilities, so they can convey study plans and carry out hands-on projects, has been awarded to an iSchool faculty member.Assistant Professor Renee Franklin Hill has received a grant of $2,673 to cover a semester’s worth of course costs and... Internet Governance Paper A “Top Ten Download” on SSRN By: Diane StirlingA paper written by a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member about the potential impact of deep packet inspection technology on Internet governance and the Net’s future state recently was named to the Top Ten Download list among articles posted on the Social Science Research Network website.Titled, “The End of the Net as We Know It? Deep Packet Inspection and Internet Governance,” iSchool... Renee Franklin Hill Honored for Best Paper By: Diane StirlingRenee Franklin Hill, Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies, recently accepted an award naming an article she co-authored as one of four "best papers" at the 2011 Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). Dr. Franklin Hill accepted the award in Dallas on January 19, along with co-author Kafi Kumasi, Ph.D., assistant professor at Wayne State University. Their... Oakleaf Featured on "Power to the Librarians" Website By: Diane StirlingAcademic libraries face ongoing challenges in assessing and presenting their value to their parent institutions due to the dramatic effect that advancements in technology – and many other factors in higher education today – are having on libraries’ traditional role. Accordingly, academic libraries must learn how to advocate for themselves by producing data and evidence to demonstrate that they are crucial to their parent... Destiny USA and Rosamond Gifford Zoo Benefit from Social Media Students By: Diane Stirling A guest speaker from Destiny USA explains the mall's demographic focus during Rotolo's class. Most businesses are lucky to have one social media strategist or community manager on staff.This season, two major Syracuse attractions are especially fortunate in that they will have legions of social media... #140cuse Conference Releases Speaker List By: Jessica SmithThe School of Information Studies (iSchool) today releases the list of over 35 speakers for the one-day #140cuse conference on April 19th at the Schine Student Center on the Syracuse University Campus.#140cuse, a local version of the widely known #140conference (140conf.com), is a platform for the social media community to listen, learn and engage with each other while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time... School Media Program Ranks First for Student Services and Technology By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094The masters degree in Library and Information Science with School Media specialization offered by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has been ranked first in the Student Services and Technology category of the U.S. News Top Online Education Programs rankings for 2012.The category ranking is determined by evaluation of technologies available to students, such as live streaming of classes and online... iSchool and VPA to Sponsor Talk on Information & Communication Technology By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094The School of Information Studies (iSchool) along with College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Department of Art, Design, and Transmedia are sponsoring a talk given by Susan P. Wyche, entitled “Exploring Technology Use & Design for Marginalized Users."The talk will be held at at Noon on Tuesday, January 17, in Hinds Hall's Katzer Room (347).Wyche, a Computing... First Brown Bag of 2012 to Cover Mobile Health Applications By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094The first Brown Bag Lunch Series talk of the year will feature Dr. Geri Gay, the Kenneth J. Bissett Professor and Chair of Communication at Cornell University. Gay will discuss the design and evaluation of two mobile health applications, The Mindless Eating Challenge, an interactive health game, and VERA, a system designed to create open-ended awareness of health oriented decisions and emotions. Rotolo Named to “12 to Watch in 2012” List By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor of Practice Anthony Rotolo has been named to the “12 to Watch in 2012” list in the January issue of Central New York magazine.The list covers a dozen Syracuse-area professionals, all under the age of 40, who “share a sense of engagement and high energy, all centered on their hopes for Central New York,” according to the list... D’Eredita Profiled in CNY Business Exchange By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094Assistant Professor Michael D’Eredita and his rowing machine invention were profiled in the December/January issue of CNY Business Exchange magazine.D’Eredita, who is actively involved in the Syracuse Student Sandbox start-up accelerator and teaches a course on innovation in information technology called What’s the Big Idea?, talked to the magazine about his invention and the patent... McKnight to Present at FCC Panel Discussion By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094Lee McKnight, Kauffman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will participate in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) panel discussion to examine the transition from the nation’s current public switched telephone network to new technologies.The panel, part of a series of workshops looking into the issues around moving from a circuit-switched... Stripling Recognized by Kennedy for School Library Work By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094Barbara Stripling, Director of Library Services for the New York City Department of Education and an incoming professor of Library Science at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), was recognized in a speech by Caroline Kennedy last week at the I Love My Librarian awards ceremony in New York City. In her speech, Kennedy said, “Barbara has transformed school libraries throughout this city. She is... iSchool and Microsoft Partner on Social Networking Experiment By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Microsoft Corporation today announce a partnership to better understand how Microsoft’s new social software So.cl can be used with students who have grown up with social software, study information science, and design communication tools.So.cl (pronounced “social”) combines search and social networking for the purpose of learning, and is the... Fitzgibbons, Hurst-Wahl Nominated for WISE Instructor of the Year By: J.D. Ross(315) 443-3094Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members have been nominated for Instructor of the Year awards by the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium. The award highlights outstanding WISE instructors and recognizes them for their dedication to quality online education. Adjunct Instructor Patrick Fitzgibbons was selected for his teaching of IST 553 - Information Architecture for... |
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