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iSchool Awarded Continuing Accreditation from ALA

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The American Library Association’s (ALA) Committee on Accreditation has granted continued accreditation status of the Master of Library and Information Science (MSLIS) program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) through 2022. The committee found no deficiencies in the program and…

Campus & Community

Accessibility Training Classes Spring 2016

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

The University seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) has announced its new Walk-in IT Accessibility Help Desk hours. New this semester, the IT…

Campus & Community

Employees: Please update your SU directory information by Feb. 4

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

The campus directory for employees for 2016 will be updated soon. The directory will be available online through MySlice. The information in the directory is used by SU’s telephone operators and automated systems to connect callers to faculty and staff….

STEM

Electrical Pricing Research Wins Best Paper Award

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Manek Biswas G ’13 and College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Chilukuri K. Mohan won the Best Paper Award in the energy-efficient computing track at the International Conference on Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems. Their research, “Algorithms for the…

STEM

Esch Awarded Lush Prize for Work in Animal-Free Testing

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

College of Engineering and Computer Science Assistant Professor Mandy B. Esch has won a Lush Science Prize for 21st Century Toxicology. Lush Prizes are awarded to projects and individuals that strive to replace the use of animals in product or…

STEM

Teaching Drones to Stay on Target

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By News Staff

Many of us would be lost without Google Maps to help us navigate to our destinations. And many of us have experienced the frustration when low signal strength prevents us from knowing where we are or where we are going….

STEM

iSchool Ranked #11 for Online Programs by U.S. News and World Report

Tuesday, January 12, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Factors evaluated include selectivity, graduation rates and student services and technologies.

Arts & Culture

Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?

STEM

Grad Student Finds LIS Program Lets Him Combine Personal Passions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Three personal passions drive graduate student Taylor Davis-Van Atta’s pursuits at the University, and they triangulate the path he is carving for his future professional life through the study of librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Davis-Van Atta,…

STEM

LHCb’s Pentaquark Discovery Named Top 10 Breakthrough of 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A discovery by scientists in the College of Arts and Sciences has been named one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the year by Physics World magazine. The Top 10 is chosen by a panel of Physics World editors and…