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Media, Law & Policy

Technology Commercialization Law Program to Be Renamed

Friday, June 29, 2018, By Robert Conrad

Founded in 1990 by the late Professor Ted Hagelin, the Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) was the first in the nation to combine scholarly legal analysis and a guided, hands-on law curriculum with the active development of new technologies, intellectual…

STEM

Biologists Awarded NIH Grant to Study Origins of Brain Disorders

Wednesday, June 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Neuroscientists in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are using a major grant to study the origins of brain disorders, including epilepsy and stroke. Sandra Hewett, the Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience and…

Campus & Community

Answers about Upcoming Technology Changes to Timekeeping and Core HR Transactions

Friday, May 18, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

In an effort to modernize decades-old timekeeping systems and improve core Human Resources transactions (e.g., iJANs and Appointments), cross-functional teams are working to introduce new, simpler processes and one modern system. The upgrades are planned for launch on July 30,…

Campus & Community

Improved Classroom Technology Helps Ensure Student Success

Thursday, May 3, 2018, By Christopher C. Finkle

Since last summer, Information Technology Services (ITS) has been upgrading the technology and accessibility resources in numerous registrar classrooms. Through its Learning Environments and Media Production (LEMP) group, ITS has a goal to upgrade 30 more learning spaces this coming…

STEM

Join the Women in Technology Event

Monday, April 9, 2018, By News Staff

The second annual Women’s Empowerment Project presents the “Women in Tech” panel, featuring Kate Brodock, CEO of Women 2.0; Lynn Root, site reliability engineer at Spotify; and Maira Benjamin, director of engineering at Pandora. The event will be held April…

Health & Society

Psychologists Earn Rare Perfect Score on NIH Grant Application

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Sarah Woolf-King, Stephen Maisto awarded “10” on grant proposal, funding treatment of HIV-infected hazardous drinkers Two psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have earned a rare perfect score on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) planning grant…

Campus & Community

April 13 Is Application Deadline for Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Christopher C. Finkle

Information Technology Services (ITS), through its Online Learning Services unit, University College and the Office of Faculty Affairs, has announced the 2018 Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching & Learning (SITETL). Offered twice in separate, week-long sessions, SITETL will be held…

Business Matters on BBC

Social Media Expert Jennifer Grygiel Discusses Mark Zuckerberg’s Apology Post-Cambridge Analytica

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications at Newhouse, was a guest on the BBC show Business Matters discussing what is next for Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. “It is time for Mark Zuckerberg needs to ramp up his efforts of…

Media, Law & Policy

Without Legal Norms to Keep Up with Technology, Self-Driving Vehicles Are Accidents Waiting to Happen

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board will continue its investigation into a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle that hit and killed an Arizona woman in Tempe, Arizona over the weekend. A test driver from Uber was behind the…

Financial Times

Schramm’s Keys to Becoming a Solo Financial Advisor

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

What’s the best route to becoming a solo financial advisor? Not a business plan, argues iSchool professor Carl Schramm in a recent Financial Times article, but rather living off savings, studying, and a firm understanding of the task. “If you’re…