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With Election Over, Illuminating Team Looks to the Future
Faculty, staff and students from across Syracuse University gathered in Hinds Hall yesterday to spend part of election night listening to a panel discussion led by School of Information Studies (iSchool) researchers working on the Illuminating 2016 research project. Headed by…
Election Night Panel Discussion Will Examine Social Media Use by Candidates
Two faculty members at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), along with their doctoral researchers, will host a panel discussion on election night, Nov. 8. The team is part of the Illuminating 2016 project, a computational journalism project that empowers…
Director of Tully Center Calls ‘Ballot Selfie’ a Test of Competing First Amendment Issues
Courts around the country are deciding an issue involving a timeless expression of democracy and a newer form expression of self-absorption: the so called “selfie” photograph taken inside a polling place. It’s a fairly new phenonenon, and getting plenty of…
Heart of a Lion
When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…
Winners of Civic Data Hackathon Announced at City Hall
The winners of the Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge were announced recently in a ceremony held at Syracuse City Hall. The hackathon, organized by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the City of Syracuse, and supported by AT&T, brought…
Enduring Assurance: A Cyberspace with No Vulnerability
A presentation and discussion on cyber security will take place at the Maxwell Auditorium at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. The presentation will be led by Kamal T. Jabbour, senior scientist for information assurance, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory,…
BET Exec Carol Cunningham ’87 Will Visit Campus Nov. 1
Carol Cunningham ’87, vice president of consumer insights and business strategy analytics at BET, will visit the Newhouse School on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Her talk, “Blerds, Bleeks & Blirks: Understanding Multicultural Influencers & Trendsetters,” will be a discussion about research…
S.P. Raj Named Interim Dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management
A longtime leader and widely respected scholar in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management has been selected to serve as interim dean. Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced that S.P. Raj, Distinguished Professor of Marketing and…
Recent CRS Alumnus Wins National M.A. Thesis of the Year Award
Joe Hatfield, who graduated from the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies’ (CRS) master of arts (M.A.) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts last May, is the 2016 recipient of the M.A. Thesis of the Year Award…
Winterlude: Earn credits over winter break—online!
Syracuse University’s Winterlude comes roaring back in December with a blizzard of classes. Don’t miss this opportunity to earn three or four credits in four weeks, from wherever you are. The online session will run Dec. 19, 2016 to Jan….