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Town and Gown Relationship Grows for iSchool
This summer, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) continues to extend its relationship with the city as two iSchool students intern at Syracuse’s City Hall. Sophomore Fanta Dicko and graduate student Vivek Khedkar are interning for the technology department at…
iSchool and IBM Host zEnterprise Summer Seminar
Syracuse University and IBM’s System z Academic Initiative co-hosted the zEnterprise Summer Seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) earlier this month. This three-day seminar, held June 3-5, brought together IBM employees and college educators from across North America…
National Consumer Health Website Has iSchool Project Roots
Given limited access to information on medical procedure costs and insurance company reimbursements, Americans have long had difficulty assessing the potential cost of their health care options. However, a complex team project administered by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant…
Summer Institute Courses at the iSchool
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) is offering the Helen Benning Regnier Summer Institute on Leadership and Change in an Information Society this summer from May 13–Aug.9. Course offerings cover fundamental library science, information management and network technology issues that…
Video: Immigration Reform Discussed at Maxwell School
Immigration Reform Roundtable Discussion Will Be Held April 19
Moderated by Slutzker Center Director Pat Burak, panelists to include MACNY president, immigration attorney among others Syracuse University will hold “Immigration Reform: An Economic Imperative,” a roundtable discussion, on Friday, April 19, from 10-11:30 a.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. It is…
‘Who Cares About Kelsey?’ Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Star
Somersworth High School student Kelsey Carroll has one goal—to graduate. However, as a freshman in her New Hampshire school notorious for its high dropout rate, Carroll failed to earn a single academic credit. Carroll also carries with her a diagnosis of ADHD, a history of emotional and substance abuse, and the physical scars of self-mutilation. The odds seem stacked against her.
Political Theorist to Discuss ‘Ideas of Peace’ in Hebrew Bible April 24
One of today’s leading political theorists will give a lecture in The College of Arts and Sciences. Michael Walzer, professor emeritus of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, will deliver this year’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture,…
Award-Winning Playwright David Henry Hwang Discusses Identity in Next University Lecture April 4
Over his long and illustrious career, Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang has masterfully brought complicated characters, relationships and issues to life on stage—from Rene Gallimard and Song Liling in “M. Butterfly,” to an early 20th century Chinese family facing…