NYC Consultant Credits iSchool for Helping Her Achieve Career Goals
Olivia Peck ‘21 works in New York City as a consultant within Deloitte Digital. In her role, she specializes in customer data solutions for advertising, marketing and commerce.
iSchool Students Among the Honored Recipients of Raymond von Dran iPrize and Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award
iSchoolers were among the winners of the Raymond von Dran (RvD) iPrize for Student Entrepreneurship competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award. The competition was coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) and Bruce Kingma, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies and Whitman School of Management.
Jaime Banks Awarded Katchmar-Wilhelm Professorship
iSchool Associate Professor Jaime Banks has been selected as this year’s Katchmar-Wilhelm Endowed Professor. For the next three years, she will be researching companionship, cognition and characters.
‘The Adrenaline Rush is What I Strive For:’ Student Shares Love for Motorsports
Yash Kishore Wadhawe G’24 hopes to become a data scientist for a motorsports company. Eventually, he would like to form a start-up company in his home country in India.
iSchool Senior Studying Abroad Before Beginning Software Engineering Job
Ud Joseph ‘24 is studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea this spring. He then plans to move to Kansas City to start a software engineering job with H&R Block.
Renate Chancellor and PhD Student Shannon Crooks Win Research Grant
iSchool Associate Professor Renate Chancellor has been selected to receive the RUSA Gail Schlachter Memorial Research Grant. The goal of the grant is to connect people to resources, information services and collections.
From Small Town to NYC, iSchool Alum is Breaking Barriers in Banking Industry
Eric Potthast ‘21 grew up in a small town and is now a client management analyst with the investment banking business management team at JP Morgan in New York City.
iSchool Professor Honored With Faculty Excellence Award
Professor Jian Qin has been selected for the university's Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award. Qin says there is “never a shortage for inspiration” in her work with students.
Librarian Shares How Aptitude Test Changed Her Career Path
Heather Crane G’23 is an open education librarian at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. She graduated from Syracuse’s iSchool in December with a master’s degree in Library and Information Science.
iSchool’s Joon Park Honored With Meredith Professorship
iSchool Professor Joon Park has been selected as a Meredith Professor. He was selected based on his excellent teaching, which focuses on higher education and information security.