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iSchool’s SXSW contingent—faculty, staff, students; Rotolo presenting

Friday, March 9, 2012, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) is sending a contingent of social media faculty, staff and students to South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive in Austin, Texas, a pinnacle industry conference. There, they will represent the iSchool and will share, learn…

STEM

iSchool professor testifies before NY State Senate Committee on Libraries

Friday, March 9, 2012, By Diane Stirling

A School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member was among a small group of library directors and specialists to testify before members of the New York State Senate Select Committee on Libraries in the state capital recently. Barbara Stripling, assistant…

Media, Law & Policy

March 26 Toner Symposium will examine news reporting in the Digital Age

Friday, March 9, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

New Yorker’s Jane Mayer will receive Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting Four pioneering women journalists will highlight the challenges and opportunities of reporting the news in the digital age at a special event at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse…

School of Education’s Dotger receives grant to establish Simulated Interaction Model program for pre-service teachers

Thursday, March 8, 2012, By News Staff

Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been awarded a grant for nearly $200,000 from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to establish a simulated interaction model (SIM) pre-service for secondary teachers….

SU tech entrepreneur goes beyond ‘getting his job on the Internet’

Thursday, March 8, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Along the way to the traditional, buttoned-up college education he thought he would need in life, Isaac Budmen went rogue, you might say. The third contestant in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) #140challenge, Budmen described how his co-founding of…

Award-winning screenwriter, producer, playwright Aaron Sorkin ’83 to deliver 2012 Commencement address

Thursday, March 8, 2012, By News Staff

Aaron Sorkin ’83, award-winning screenwriter for films such as “A Few Good Men,” “The American President,” “The Social Network” and “Moneyball,” as well as TV shows including “Sports Night,” “The West Wing,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and HBO’s…

Campus & Community

Big East Tournament Party

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Alumni Relations and the Big Apple Orange Alumni Club invite you to a Big East Party on Friday, March 9, from 5-9 p.m.! Whether you have tickets to the game or not, stop by and get in…

Newhouse students will travel to SXSW, meet digital media entrepreneurs

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Five students from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will travel to South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, this week. The trip is sponsored by the Newhouse Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship. “South by Southwest is…

Workshop gears medical research librarians to changing environment

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Big data trends in bioscience and changing policies in health care are creating an increasingly complex environment for medical research librarians, and Jian Qin, associate professor at the School of Information Studies, has developed a workshop to help them address those…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, March 6

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By News Staff

Carrier Dome’s Pete Sala interviewed by 9WSYR Bridge Street on Dome preparations for Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam