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iSchool Launches New Minor in Data Analytics
The demand for data analytics professionals is growing. Organizations across all industries are investing in analytics positions, and it is predicted that demand for data science and analytics expertise across many different job roles will grow rapidly in the coming…
‘Activism in the Digital Age’ to Be Held Sept. 25 at Newhouse
“Activism in the Digital Age,” the first in a series of three seminars exploring how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan…
Crowston Awarded Lifetime Achievement Honors from the Academy of Management OCIS Division
The career work and organizational-service contributions of a faculty member of the School of Information Studies has been recognized with a lifetime service award at the annual meeting of the Organizational Communication and Information Systems (OCIS) division of the Academy…
ORI Grant Funds Automated Tool to Detect Potential Fraud in Scientific Papers
The Office of Research Integrity in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded funding to a School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor to further automate the detection of fraudulent material in scientific papers. A grant of $149,310 has been awarded to Daniel Acuna,…
Newhouse/iSchool Seminar Series Will Explore Social Media’s Influence on Politics
A new seminar series at Syracuse University will explore how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States. The series, Social Media & Democracy, is co-sponsored by the Newhouse School and the School of Information Studies…
Information Sessions for AsiaTech, EuroTech Scheduled
Fall information sessions for the 2019 AsiaTech and EuroTech Immersion Experience trips hosted by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been scheduled. These three-credit traveling seminars expose students to some of the largest global corporations so they can see…
Dean Liz Liddy Announces Retirement, Plans to Conclude Tenure as Dean of School of Information Studies
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Liz Liddy has been a student, a professor, a dean (twice) and a member of the Chancellor’s executive team in her career at Syracuse University. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, and becoming…
NSF Grant Will Allow Acuna to Study Optimization of Scientific Peer Review Process
Deficiencies in the scientific community’s centralized peer review process can impact more than a researcher’s career. Faults in the process can ultimately affect the kinds of scientific discoveries that are made, the distribution of information about findings, the technology innovations…
CCDS Plans Un-Conference on Democracy, Digital Media, Decision Making, Data Analytics
The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host the Syracuse University Research Un-Conference in September. The purpose of the Un-Conference is to bring together faculty from the Syracuse University community in a…
iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality
In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations? Two researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool)…