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Last fall, School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Daniel Acuna was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation titled “Improving grant reviewing and scientific innovation by linking funding and scholarly literature.” One of the goals of the two-year…

Facebook is a social media entity that has become engrossed in nearly everyone’s daily lives across the globe. While this reach connects many, the power of the company has started to become daunting- because nobody can really pin it down….

Social media has been the battle ground between political and social fights between between left and right-wing advocates and provocateurs.  iSchool Professor Jeff Hemsley was quoted in a Business Insider article on this topic, and why member of the far-right…

In early September, John P. White, an integral part of the Syracuse community passed away. He was a faculty member, leader and much more.  He is remembered by his former student and current iSchool University Professor Carl Schramm. “Taking an economics…

Fall information sessions for the 2017 EuroTech Immersion Experience trip hosted by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been scheduled. This three-credit traveling seminar exposes students to some of the largest global corporations so they can see first-hand how…

Looking for a good idea?  Want to brainstorm and get your creative juices flowing? Come to the Idea Jam on Thursday, Sept. 14, from 4-5 p.m. at Bird Library with David Edelstein ’78, vice chair of the Syracuse University Board of…

After Amazon’s blockbuster purchase of Whole Foods, iSchool Professor Lee McKnight spoke with NPR about how Amazon will start by gathering more data on its consumers, rather than try to increase sales volume right away. With a large overlap between…

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Ingrid Erickson are the recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Award, which they will use to establish a research coordination network (RCN) to focus on sociotechnological interactions between work and technology design…

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley will speak about the reasons behind the viral spread of fake news on the Internet in a lecture held at the Skaneateles Library on Aug. 24. While social media can be a democratizing…

Recently, the City of Syracuse announced the launch of a public data portal, DataCuse, that provides open access to batches of city data. The new tool is part of Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner’s open data policy, to make more data about city…