STEM

Joanne Silverstein, assistant research professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) and director of research and development of the Information Institute of Syracuse, died July 26.

Members of the Syracuse iSchool community and their friends are building up the inventory for an auction to benefit the Ray von Dran Fund.

Achille Messac has been named as distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science.

The School of Information Studies and the Maxwell School have established a new 12-credit certificate of advanced study in e-government management and leadership.

The project, “Acquisition of Shared Digital Video Data Analysis Infrastructure,” will build shared resources to improve and streamline research projects.

New England forests are at a turning point. A new study released today by the Harvard Forest reports that, following almost 200 years of natural reforestation, forest cover is declining in all six New England states.

Three schools at Syracuse University have joined together to develop the new Certificate of Advanced Study in Cultural Heritage Preservation.

The Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host a Social Media Tweetup for registrants of the Syracuse BizBuzz Conference and members of Syracuse’s social media community.

Seven group projects were presented May 4 during the final class meeting of IST 400, “Digital iCreation,” in the iSchool’s Innovation Studio.

Women in Information Technology (WIT), a student-led organization at the School of Information Studies, recently partnered with the Syracuse Chapter of Nanhi Kali to help raise money to educate young girls in India.