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ISchool Professor Lee McKnight Contributes to Pew Research Report on Future of Artificial Intelligence
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Lee McKnight has contributed his opinions on the changes coming to the artificial intelligence (AI) field in a recently published Pew Research Center report titled “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans.” Published…
Concept to Design Library ‘Critical Catalog’ Earns ASIS&T Best Paper Proposal Award
A paper describing a proposal to create a new type of library catalog—one that, in the way it uses metadata, acts as an “affirmative action” system to advocate for diversity and expose library users and readers to resources from populations…
Growing the Science of Sustainability: Molecular Biologist Nina V. Fedoroff ’66 Expounds on Importance of GMOs, Science Literacy
Nina V. Fedoroff ’66 has built a career on defying the odds. From working her way through college as a single mother to being the first to clone and characterize maize transposons (bits of DNA that hop from place to…
Guiding Syracuse Students Along Their Path to Becoming Media Entrepreneurs
Though Sean Branagan ’80 aspired to be a magazine writer when he entered the Newhouse School, he discovered his calling elsewhere—in the fast-evolving field of digital media and interactive marketing. A self-described “instigator, entrepreneur, educator and startup coach,” Branagan brought…
Chancellor’s Citation Selection Committee Announced; Deadline for Nominations Set
The members of the 2018-19 Chancellor’s Citation Selection Committee have been announced and a deadline for nominations is set. Members of the committee review nominations for the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence and submit their recommendations to Chancellor Kent Syverud. The…
ITS Staff Member Builds Beds for Families in Need
Jon Wright doesn’t particularly consider himself a woodworker. But his skills—and those of his close knit group of friends—have created beloved pieces of furniture for many delighted young people in the community. Wright, a support analyst with the University’s Information…
Alarming Arctic Warming Not Likely To Sound Alarm With Federal Policymakers
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report detailing rising temperatures and increased melting in the Arctic Ocean. Ice older than four years now makes up less than one percent of the Arctic ice pack, according to…
Petroleum Experts to Donate MOVE Software Licenses to Syracuse
Members of the Department of Earth Sciences will gain new insights into Earth’s crust, thanks to a licensing agreement between Syracuse University and Petroleum Experts (Petex), a leading developer of optimization software for the oil and gas industries. The Scotland-based…
Invent@SU Team Wins Share of First Prize at New York State Department of Health Aging Innovation Challenge
Millions of people around the world with mobility challenges have trouble standing up from a chair or couch. During the Invent@SU program in summer 2017, communications and rhetorical studies major Kalia Zizi Barrow ’17 and mechanical engineering major Ruby Batbaatar…
Physicist Applies Nanotechnology to Detect Protein-Protein Interactions
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences hopes to improve cancer detection with a new and novel class of nanomaterials. Liviu Movileanu, professor of physics, creates tiny sensors that detect, characterize and analyze protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in blood…