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Grad Student Places Fifth in IBM ‘Master the Mainframe’ Contest
A part-time graduate student in the School of Information Studies who admittedly has “no formal computer science background” has placed in the top five finishers in IBM’s coding and technology skills “Master the Mainframe” competition. Steven Hoover, an information management…
Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Coming to iSchool in March
The kinds of administrative and protective challenges that information technology professionals face at their jobs every day will comprise an exciting and intense weekend for nearly 200 students participating in a national cyber-skills competition taking place at the School of…
Retired Professor of Painting Ludwig Stein Dies
Ludwig Stein, revered professor of painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, died on Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Cancún, Mexico. He was 76. Stein, who had recently retired and moved to Oneonta, N.Y., taught…
Nicholson to Speak at Game Design Conference
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson, an expert in meaningful gamification, transformative games, facilitating learning through games and play in non-classroom settings, and a game designer himself, has been invited to address the IndieCade East conference in…
Professor Examines 200 Years of Western American Art
More than 200 years of Western American art is the subject of a new book by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Scott Manning Stevens, associate professor and director of Native American studies, is the author of…
Free Midnight Movies Offered Again this Spring
The Division of Student Affairs will again be hosting free midnight movies on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the spring semester. The Midnight Movies series includes free movies, free popcorn and free soda for attendees. The doors open at 11:30…
TRAC Co-Founder’s Groundbreaking Investigative Books Now Available Digitally
More than three decades ago, Random House published “The Rise of the Computer State,” David Burnham’s prescient book that predicted how computers would soon dominate politics, economics, law enforcement and the basic thinking of the American people. Long before the…
Student Ventures Can Enter Panasci Business Plan Competition to Win Startup Funding
The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Whitman School of Management are calling for submissions for the 2015 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan ideas from graduate and…
Apply Now for Project ENGAGE
The application period for Project ENGAGE, a fun, hands-on engineering immersion program for high-achieving middle school girls, is now open. Hosted by the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the program sparks a passion for engineering among middle school girls at…
Xaviera Simmons Presents Work at Light Work, UVP
Light Work and Urban Video Project are presenting “Accumulations” and “Number Sixteen,” concurrent exhibitions featuring the work of multidisciplinary artist Xaviera Simmons. The works within these exhibitions present an artist working with—and through—formal languages of performance, video, sculpture, photography and social and…