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NewsHouse: SU students, library officials and others discuss one of the library’s growing challenges: Too many books.

Friday, December 11, 2009, By News Staff

An hour and a half-long forum, called “What is a Library?”, featured questions from the audience about the library’s priorities heading into the future.

Campus & Community

Syracuse iSchool team grows facial hair to fight men’s cancer

Friday, November 20, 2009, By News Staff

The men of Hinds Hall are sporting more facial hair than usual this month, and it’s no coincidence—it was planned for a good cause.

School of Education professor tries to narrow the digital divide

Wednesday, November 18, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 When the last bell rings at Frazer School in Syracuse, the day is far from over. Instead of heading home, middle school students go to the Digital Entrepreneurship and Excellence Program (DEEP), designed to teach students…

iSchool joins forces with U.S. Army to educate tomorrow’s leaders

Thursday, November 5, 2009, By News Staff

Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 Equipping a soldier during World War II cost approximately $170. Today, that cost is approximately $26,000 per soldier, thanks to an increasing number of IT-related tools, according to Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Foley, commanding officer of U.S. Army…

Veterans

iSchool joins forces with U.S. Army to educate tomorrow’s leaders

Thursday, November 5, 2009, By News Staff

The U.S. Army SIGCEN School of Information Technology has established a formal agreement with the iSchool to educate U.S. Army officers on how to use and manage new information and communications technologies.

STEM

iSchool hosts Australian social informatics scholar Bruce Rowlands

Tuesday, October 13, 2009, By News Staff

Bruce Rowlands will speak at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in the Katzer Room, 347 Hinds Hall.

STEM

Cecilia Aragon to speak at iSchool’s Brown Bag Presentation

Thursday, August 27, 2009, By News Staff

A staff scientist in the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will present “How Social Technology Facilitates Scientific Insight into Massive Data Sets.”

STEM

Medical informatics expert presents during brown bag lunch Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Syracuse iSchool

Wednesday, August 26, 2009, By News Staff

Lawrence Fagan, the co-director of the Biomedical Informatics Training Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine, will present “Future Directions in Computers and Medicine and Opportunities for Information Studies” during the Syracuse iSchool’s first Brown Bag Presentation of the year.

‘Crowns’: A roof-raising musical with ‘hattitude’

Tuesday, May 5, 2009, By News Staff

‘Crowns’: A roof-raising musical with ‘hattitude’May 05, 2009Patrick Finlonstagepr@syr.edu A jubilant hit at theaters across the country, “Crowns” embodies the soul, faith and style of African American women and their fabulous hats. When a Brooklyn teenager moves south to escape…

Sustainability theme grows at SU Showcase April 21

Monday, April 6, 2009, By News Staff

Sustainability theme grows at SU Showcase April 21April 06, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The program for SU Showcase on April 21 will include several anchor events that highlight themes of sustainability and finding solutions to the climate crisis. Faculty, students and…