iSchool faculty discuss role of new dean at forum
iSchool Dean Liz Liddy will retire at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. Read more »
School of Information Studies
Senate meeting covered updates on undergraduate research, hiring initiative
Provost Michele Wheatly announced the university will fund the hiring of 53 people as part of its Cluster Hire initiative, and a Center for Undergraduate Research will receive $1 million annually from Invest Syracuse. Read more »
SU alumni expand local snow plow, lawn care company
Wills Mahoney and Andrew Englander are entering their fifth year running the startup Plowz & Mowz. They recently decided to move their offices to the AXA Towers in downtown Syracuse. Read more »
Professors discuss social media’s impact on activism at SU lecture
Tuesday’s lecture featured an associate professor of communication studies, an assistant professor of religion and a professor of strategic, legal and management communications. Read more »
Newhouse, iSchool to host lectures about social media’s impact on politics
The seminar will consist of three panels taking place throughout the fall on aspects of social media and its influence on politics. Read more »
iSchool to host ‘Un-Conference’ Friday, Saturday
An un-conference is a collaborative session that creates a brainstorming and networking space in a less formal environment than a typical conference. Read more »
iSchool Dean Liz Liddy announces plans to retire
Liz Liddy, dean of the School of Information Studies, has helped create new opportunities for iSchool students since she started as a visiting assistant professor in 1983. Read more »
2 SU students create FibreFree to make laundry more sustainable
Charles Keppler and Serena Omo-Lamai are taking their invention to Albany later this month to compete in the New York Business Plan Competition. Read more »
Keep track of who’s speaking at SU’s Commencement, convocation ceremonies
Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is among the convocation speakers. Read more »
An SU student’s guide to picking a major that doesn’t suck
Picking a major in college isn't easy, especially because there's so many of them, so here are the best and worst ones from each school and college. Read more »
iSchool attendance app is changing the skipping game
Technology columnist Eldon Tsoi highlights an iSchool professor’s attendance tracking app and the effect it could have on student performance. Read more »
Mistaken email sent to entire university listserv riles students
A Syracuse University administrator called some emails in the exchange “disrespectful and offensive.” Read more »
iSchool ‘hackathon’ winners tackle Syracuse snow removal
The city of Syracuse partnered with the School of Information Studies and AT&T to host the hackathon, which focused on city snow plow operations. Read more »
Unsurprised: Faculty react to report showing women professors earn less on average than men at Syracuse University
The report, released in December, detailed pay gaps between women and men professors. Most said they were not surprised by the report’s findings. Read more »
Study: Online education enrollment rates increase, traditional college enrollment rates remain stagnant
Across the United States, for-profit online institutions are experiencing declines in enrollment, while nonprofit online programs are increasing in popularity. Read more »
Syracuse University women faculty generally earn less than men faculty, report shows
Across most ranks of the Syracuse University faculty, women generally make less than men. Their average salaries range from about 77 percent to 94 percent of what men earn. Read more »
Committee report outlines Syracuse University’s 2018 budget projections, shows growth in online education programs
SU expects to have revenues of about $1.39 billion in 2018 and expenses of about $1.388 billion, according to a report presented at Wednesday’s Senate meeting. Read more »
The internet is already broken. Breaking net neutrality isn’t going to fix it.
Technology columnist Brett Weiser-Schlesinger discusses how net neutrality, even though it’s based on outdated laws, is still an essential. Read more »
Syracuse University experts discuss KRACK cybersecurity breach, SU’s wireless infrastructure
A flaw that could give hackers access to operating systems including Google Android and Apple MacOS will, most likely, not affect SU’s wireless infrastructure, experts say. Read more »
Mano a mano, La Casita Cultural Center helps bilingual learners grow
La Casita’s bilingual library connects SU volunteers with Latinx communities through multicultural programs for all ages. Read more »
School of Information Studies professors awarded almost $500,000 to study workforce automation
The National Science Foundation awarded two iSchool professors nearly $500,000 to create a team of scholars to study automation. Researchers from Facebook, Microsoft and Nissan will be part of the group. Read more »
Syracuse University named a top performer for women in STEM online degree programs
Syracuse University was named a top college for women pursuing online STEM degrees. This rating came from the SR Education Group, which evaluates colleges and universities online degree programs based on factors such as academic support and cost. Read more »
Professor emerita in the iSchool dies
Antje Bultmann Lemke died earlier this week. She taught in the iSchool from 1952 to 1986 and helped people escape Nazi persecution, according to an SU News release. Read more »
As SU moves toward 'One University' brand, career services on campus could become more centralized
In an effort to understand Syracuse University's individual school and colleges' career services, The Daily Orange analyzed thousands of data points on the subject from available reports. Read more »
