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Nicholson to Lead Session on Transformative Games
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Scott Nicholson will lead a session on transformative games at a meeting of the New York State Senate Select Committee on Science, Technology, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) tomorrow….
Protect Yourself from Phishing. Don’t Take the Bait!
SU’s observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month focuses on the most challenging and widespread information security issues. Among the most pervasive and powerful threats is phishing, a method of attack that uses human nature to victimize people by getting…
Fighting the Flu
It may be too early to tell what the 2013-14 flu season has in store, but it is not too soon to be thinking about getting a flu shot to combat the highly contagious illness. Once again, the Office of…
BE Wise Kicks off Campus Campaign at Second Annual BE-BQ on Sept. 6
The BE Wise campaign within the Division of Student Affairs is kicking off its yearlong campaign at the second annual BE-BQ event Friday, Sept. 6, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on the Quad. The campaign strives to generate awareness of alcohol poisoning,…
IVMF Hosts Seventh V-WISE Entrepreneurship Training Conference for Female Veterans and Military Spouses
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has announced the seventh offering of its Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program, hosted in Seattle, Aug. 16-18. V-WISE is the first federally funded program focused on engaging entrepreneurial opportunity…
University to Host 28 Veterans for 2013 EBV Program
Syracuse University and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is hosting a new class of post-9/11 veterans for the seventh annual Barnes Family Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program. The program, which is always offered at…
Stripling Inaugurated as ALA President
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor of Practice Barbara Stripling was inaugurated as the president of the American Library Association (ALA) at the group’s annual summer conference in Chicago last week. As president of the ALA, Stripling will be the…
IVMF, Bob Woodruff Foundation Lead Public-Private Convening
Aim is to spur employment of post-9/11 veterans with disabilities The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced it will convene a group of national leaders to investigate underlying barriers…
Initial MOOC Offering Results in Positive Participation Outcomes
The first open online course offered at Syracuse University has concluded with positive outcomes for its host, the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and for its hundreds of student participants. In addition, the excitement generated by the February trial is…
Cornell Experts Address Critical Theory, Globalization, Feb. 22 and March 8 at SU
“The Politics of Translation” is the theme of two upcoming Humanities Center Mini-Seminars in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Naoki Sakai and Brett de Bary, professors of Asian studies and comparative literature at Cornell University, will give lectures…