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IVMF, Startup Weekend partner with Google to host first Google for Entrepreneurs Day for Veterans, Service Members and Military Families

Monday, July 9, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and Startup Weekend are partnering with Google to host the first ever Google for Entrepreneurs Day for Veterans, Service Members and Military Families in San Diego on Aug. 9….

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, July 9

Monday, July 9, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship is noted in a PBS MediaShift story on entrepreneurial journalism. A Green Bay, Wis. WTAQ-AM radio (listen to clip) call-in segment about jobs…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, July 6

Friday, July 6, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University is highlighted in a MSNBC article as an institution of higher education offering services to assist student veterans as they face challenges during the transition to college during the post-service life course. Also,…

Media, Law & Policy

SU Voices: “FCC vs. Fox”

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By News Staff

by Roy Gutterman Curse words and nudity, even fleeting or spontaneous profanity and brief naked bodies may still be off-limits on broadcast television, but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to issue clearer guidelines and standards with plenty of notice…

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…

STEM

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to support Project ENABLE

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to the Center for Digital Literacy at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies to support Project ENABLE. Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by…

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…

Campus & Community

IVMF Director Mike Haynie writes post for New York Times’ At War blog

Tuesday, July 3, 2012, By News Staff

Read the full blog post on The New York Times website.

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….