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Outstanding Teaching Assistants Recognized at Graduate School Ceremony
The important work and contributions of teaching assistants were recognized yesterday at a ceremony hosted by the Graduate School. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award is given to teaching assistants who have demonstrated excellence in the role through activities such as…
Doctoral Students Earn Summer Funding to Support Dissertation Completion
The Summer Funding Competition provides dissertation fellowships to late-stage doctoral students to facilitate progress to degree and dissertation completion. The $4,500 awards are given annually by the Graduate School. This year’s recipients are: Jeffrey Adams, English, College of Arts and…
2025 Raymond von Dran iPrize and Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award Winners Announced
Winners of the 2025 School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship iPrize competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson (HBW) Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award were announced on April 10 at the Blackstone LaunchPad in Bird…
2025 Hult Prize Campus Qualifier Competition
On Feb. 21, five student teams from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ competed in the 2025 Hult Prize campus qualifier at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad for a chance to pitch at the Hult Prize national qualifier at the Hult International Business School in Boston,…
Applications Open for 2025 Raymond von Dran iPrize and Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award
Applications are open now through April 6 for the School of Information Studies’ Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship iPrize competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award. The competitions will be held simultaneously on Thursday,…
Smart Cities Research @ SU Holds First Workshop
On Feb. 14, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈCoE) hosted the first Smart Cities Research @ SU workshop, led by Sevgi Erdogan, associate professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Professor Erdogan is one of…
Blackstone LaunchPad Announces 2025 Afropreneurship Business Competition Winners
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad awarded prizes to several student teams as part of its fourth annual Afropreneurship Celebration and Business Competition, held in Bird Library on Feb. 7. Among the winning team awards: $1,500 to Olutosin Alabi G’25 (Martin…
iSchool Professor Jaime Banks Secures $600,000 NSF Grant to Research Human Experiences of AI
Jaime Banks, an associate professor and Ph.D. program director in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has secured $600,000 in grant funding for an innovative research project focused on human interaction with artificial intelligence (AI). The grant is funded by…
Biden, Harris and Trump Campaigns Responsible for More Than 6B Ad Impressions Combined on Meta in ’24 CampaignÂ
The Biden, Harris and Trump campaigns are responsible for more than 6 billion ad impressions combined on Meta Platforms during the 2024 presidential election, according to a new ElectionGraph analysis. Another 5 billion impressions came from 4,377 Facebook pages that…
First Year Seminar Peer Leaders: They’re the Connectors in an Innovative Program
When members of the Class of 2025 graduate in May, many will have spent four years as instrumental components of a unique program designed to acclimate new students to life at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. These seniors have been involved as students…