iSchool News

Regattable Sets Sail at the Student Sandbox

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This story is part of a series highlighting student startups and entrepreneurship in the Syracuse Student Sandbox during the 2013 summer residency.

By: Hailey Temple

A rendering of Regattable's foldable 16-foot catamaran sailboat.

Imagine being able to take the serenity and challenge of a sailboat with you wherever...

Student Develops Mobile App to Aid in Campaign Canvassing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: J.D. Ross

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Andrew Bauer '13 speaks at the Entrepalooza campus entrepreneurship event in November, 2012.

Andrew Bauer, a 2013 graduate of the School of Information Studies (iSchool), is returning to the school in the fall to begin his master’s degree program in Information Management....

iSchool and IBM Host zEnterprise Summer Seminar

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: Hailey Temple

Seminar participants take part in lab-based exercises

Syracuse University and IBM’s System z Academic Initiative co-hosted the zEnterprise Summer Seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) earlier this month.

This three-day seminar, held June 3 - 5, brought together IBM employees and...

Registration Open for New Librarianship MOOC

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: J.D. Ross

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Professor R. David Lankes

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has opened registration for its second massive open online course (MOOC), the New Librarianship Master Class.

“The vision for a new librarianship must go beyond finding library-related uses for...

Ph.D. Candidate Awarded McNair Graduate Fellowship

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: Hailey Temple

Delicia Greene, a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), was recently awarded the Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship for the 2013 – 2014 academic year. The McNair Graduate Fellowship is highly competitive and one of the most prestigious awards given to doctoral students at Syracuse University. The University annually funds up to six McNair Fellowships.

With a stipend and no work commitment, The McNair Graduate...

Mueller, Kuehn Presenting Cybersecurity Research

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: Diane Stirling

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Professor Milton Mueller (left) and Ph.D. student Andreas Kuehn

Research on the federal government’s cybersecurity efforts over the past 10 years will be discussed at an international cybersecurity conference at Georgetown University by a School of Information Studies (iSchool)...

Student Sandbox Hosts Panels Throughout Summer

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: Hailey Temple

As a part continuing support of aspiring entrepreneurs, the Syracuse Student Sandbox will be hosting panel discussions to educate participating teams throughout the summer.

In a discussion hosted yesterday, Syracuse University Career Services Internship Coordinator Jennifer Renee Pluta and CASE Center Program Manager David DiMaggio. Titled “Internship Overview: Sourcing Students and Employee Guidelines,” the panelists...

Ph.D. Student Receives NEASIS&T Travel Award

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: J.D. Ross

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School of Information Studies (iSchool) Ph.D. student Jasy Liew Suet Yan has been awarded the 2013 Student Travel Award from the New England Association for Information Science & Technology (NEASIS&T).

She will receive $750 to help defray her costs of attendance at the 2013 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada in November.

MLIS Grads Tell of New Career Opportunities

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: Diane Stirling

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Having a degree in hand often means the end of student jobs and a concerted search for a new career. Those job search preparations, pitches to potential employers, and exciting new job opportunities are experiences five School of Information Studies (iSchool) Master’s degree graduates of the Library and Information Science program talked about recently.

Daina Bouquin’s dream job opened up during her first...

Public Vigil Planned for Lori Bresnahan G’92

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

By: J.D. Ross

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A public vigil has been arranged for Lori Bresnahan, a 1992 graduate of the School of Information Studies' (iSchool) Masters of Library and Information Science - School Media program. She was killed in an act of violence in March in the town of Clay, NY. [News story]

Bresnahan had been a librarian in the Liverpool (NY) School District, serving at Willow Field Elementary School, and previously at Chestnut Hill...