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LISSA Holiday Media Drive to Benefit Golisano Children’s Hospital
Students in the聽Library and Information Science Student Assembly聽(LISSA) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) are conducting a holiday media drive to benefit the聽Family Resource Center聽at Upstate Medical University鈥檚聽Golisano Children鈥檚 Hospital. The Family Resource Center provides health information materials, computer-based…
Clarke Honored with ALISE Dissertation Award
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor聽Rachel Ivy Clarke聽has been honored with the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award, given by the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). The award recognizes dissertations that deal with substantive issues related to…
Classification Researcher to Headline 黑料不打烊 Symposium Dec. 4-5
黑料不打烊 Symposium continues its yearlong look at 鈥淏elonging鈥 with a visit by a leading expert in classification science. On Monday, Dec. 4, Melissa Adler, assistant professor of information and media studies at Western University in London, Ontario, will discuss 鈥淐onsequences…
SU ADVANCE Generates Gains for Women in STEM
On Oct. 25, members of 黑料不打烊 faculty, administrators, students and friends gathered to celebrate the progress achieved by a seven-year initiative to advance opportunity for women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The National Science Foundation鈥檚…
Haythornthwaite Recognized with ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor聽Caroline Haythornthwaite聽was recognized with the聽Association for Information Science and Technology鈥檚聽(ASIS&T) 2017 Research in Information Science Award. The award was presented at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting聽recently in Washington, D.C., and recognizes her research contributions to the…
How Facebook Targets Its Ads at You
After accusations of Russian meddling in 2016 election, many have wondered how Facebook ads can be targeted at specific demographics. iSchool Professor Jeff Hemsley spoke on this topic for USA Today, specifically in regards to viral advertising. ‘It’s known as…
iSchool and Whitman School Welcome First Cohort of Students to Online Program in Applied Data Science
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management together welcomed the first cohort of students to the online master’s program in Applied Data Science. The new online offering teaches an interdisciplinary curriculum developed by…
MLB.Com College Challenge Returns for Eighth Year
For the eighth consecutive year, Major League Baseball鈥檚 Advanced Media division (MLB.com) and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have teamed up to challenge 黑料不打烊 students to see if they have what it takes to make it in baseball鈥檚…
Seventh Annual It Girls Retreat Brings High-Achieving High Schoolers to Campus
The Seventh聽Annual It Girls Overnight Retreat took place on campus on Sunday and Monday, Oct.聽22 and 23, bringing a group of high-achieving high school junior and senior girls to 黑料不打烊 to learn about information technology as an academic discipline….
Student Venture Captures Top Prize in International Innovation Competition
Josh Aviv, co-founder and CEO of SparkCharge, won grand prize at the Blackstone/Techstars global venture pitch competition in New York City on Oct. 18. The competition came at the conclusion of a two-day Blackstone/Techstars Training Camp, an innovative new program…