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Crowston’s grant proposal recommended by NSF for three-year funding

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By Diane Stirling

A School of Information Studies professor’s proposal for a project researching the structuring of tasks and the motivation of participants involved in citizen science projects has been recommended for three years of funding by the National Science Foundation. Professor Kevin…

Stanton’s open source e-book introduces data science

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By Diane Stirling

In a world increasingly muddled by the proliferation of information, how can anyone hope to filter, organize, curate and make sense of it all? That’s the job of data scientists, an emerging professional specialty in the information field. An introduction…

Nonprofit expert named to Bantle Chair

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By News Staff

Steven Rathgeb Smith, a prominent expert on nonprofit organizations, public management and social policy, has been named to fill the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy at the Maxwell School. Smith, currently the Evans Professor of Public Affairs…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse’s Harper will train African journalists as part of New Narratives team

Monday, July 2, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Ken Harper, assistant professor in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has been named director of digital and visual media for New Narratives, a team of leading African journalists using the power of media to transform their countries….

After more than a decade, Sandra Hurd fulfills service as University marshal at 2012 Commencement

Monday, July 2, 2012, By News Staff

Shiu-Kai Chin becomes University marshal, Kelly Chandler-Olcott joins as associate University marshal   After more than a decade, Sandra Hurd has retired her Commencement leader title of University marshal. Beginning her service in 2001 at the Commencement ceremony that featured NASA…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, July 2

Monday, July 2, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Statistics from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) are cited in a Bloomberg article on U.S. Education Department collection efforts with defaulted student loans. Syracuse.com reported on the 10 high school physics teachers from…

Say Yes Camp opens July 2 for nearly 3,000 SCSD K-5 students

Friday, June 29, 2012, By News Staff

Coach Jim Boeheim and other supporters to visit Dr. King camp on Tuesday, July 3 Nearly 3,000 K-5 students will begin Say Yes Summer Camp on Monday, July 2, and one group of campers will get a very special visit…

Syracuse University Project Advance student Matthew Skinner wins Nathan Williams Scholarship Award

Friday, June 29, 2012, By Martin Walls

Senior Matthew Skinner was given a surprise at Oswego High School’s awards assembly when it was announced he had won the Lt. Nathan Hollingsworth Williams Outstanding Syracuse University Economics Scholar Award for 2012. The award is given to a student…

New endowed chair in Newhouse School will support journalism innovation

Thursday, June 28, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Digital journalist Dan Pacheco was named Horvitz Chair last month The Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation, newly established in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will help lead the school’s continued efforts toward expanding teaching…

Jan Cohen-Cruz to be honored by ATHE for leadership in community-based theater

Wednesday, June 27, 2012, By Jamie Haft

Jan Cohen-Cruz, University Professor and director of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) from 2007-2012, will receive the prestigious Award for Leadership in Community-Based Theatre and Civic Engagement from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)….