STEM

The new Center for Information and Systems Assurance and Trust (CISAT) is currently developing its research agenda and reviewing proposals.

Thanks to a $27 million investment over five years from IBM, Syracuse University students will now have access to IBM hardware, software and maintenance services to learn about innovative enterprise computing technologies.

Jeffrey Rubin and his wife, Jennifer, have committed $100,000 over five years to the Raymond F. von Dran Fund.

The Syracuse Biomaterials Institute in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science will host the fall Stevenson Biomaterials Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19.

iSchool Professor Marilyn Arnone used an IA grant to create “Digital iCreation in the Context of the Community.”

The School of Information Studies will host the Women in Information Technology faculty panel discussion at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the Katzer Room, 347 Hinds Hall.

In celebration of National Distance Learning Week 2009, the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) is unveiling some new web resources for the University community, its peers, and the general public to promote and support online teaching and learning.

Thanks to a $10,000 gift from Professor of Practice Scott Bernard G’98, students in the School of Information Studies’ Doctorate of Professional Studies in Information Management program now have a flexible fund to assist peers.

Professor John Baldwin is the 2010 recipient of the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry.

On Nov. 2, Syracuse University, the Air Force Research Laboratory, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Say Yes to Education, Inc. and the Syracuse City School District will host and participate in an important panel event on improving and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in New York state.