We loved meeting your families during Family Weekend! ๐งก From a mock class to exploring Hinds Hall, we hope you enjoyed a sneak peek at a day in the life of an iSchool student. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with us!
iSchool students visited Synchrony, EY, Salesforce, Bloomberg and Toast during our annual NYC Career Trek, meeting with professionals, some of whom were our very own iSchool alumni! Each visit gave students a firsthand look at these organizations and a chance to ask questions!
iSchool students Brett Peters, M.S. in Information Systems, and Jahnavi Singh, Information Management and Technology, joined Professor Lee McKnight at the Northeast Telecommunications Showcase conference at Turning Stone. Pictured with NYS Assemblyman Phil Palmesano!
The iSchool welcomes SU alumni Frank Iannella โ92 and Kenny Rosenblatt โ96 to its Board of Advisors!
Their expertise will help guide the iSchool as we prepare students to lead in a world shaped by AI, data and digital innovation.
Read more: https://t.co/0TZFqjizAF
In this episode of Infoversity, weโre joined by Frank Iannella, CIO and Senior Vice President of Digital & Technology at Heineken USA. Frank shares how Heineken is putting AI to work across its business and navigating responsible adoption. https://t.co/WU7KGFnc3B
iSchool students chatted and networked with employers including Synchrony, Micron, Epic, National Grid and Chobani at Syracuseโs career fair in the Dome. We also spotted some familiar faces: iSchool alumni back on campus representing their companies!
Students joined Microsoft, Syracuse alumni and United AI at the iSchool for Student AI Dayโs AI Technology Showcase & Exploration! The event explored how AI is shaping industries, with insights into career opportunities and ways to build new skills.
iSchool Professor Megan Oakleaf has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to lead a nationwide effort to prepare academic librarians for the growing role of AI.
Read more: https://t.co/8hMoTxYcQA
Join us this Thursday, Oct. 1, from 12:30โ2 p.m. in Hinds Hall 347 for a talk with Dr. Estrid Sรธrensen of Ruhr University Bochum. Sheโll share what her research at a university data centre reveals about the challenges of making scientific work more sustainable.
We enjoyed hearing six student teams pitch their ideas in Bruce Kingmaโs Whatโs the Big Idea?: Technology Innovation class. Audience members each had $100 to invest in the ideas they liked best, giving students a chance to see how their pitches landed!
Join us in Hinds Hall for a morning with Microsoft, United AI student leaders and Syracuse University alumni. Open to all Syracuse University students. Bring your laptop!
Join iSchool alumnus Eric Schmalzbauer โ98, venture partner at REFASHIOND Ventures, for a virtual fireside chat on the entrepreneurial journey, from finding product-market fit to fundraising and scaling. Bring your questions for a Q&A! https://t.co/f76D8dfqy9
Looking to get more involved at the iSchool?
Stop by the iSchool Involvement Fair tomorrow to connect with fellow students, learn more about student organizations and discover new ways to get involved in the iSchool community.
See you there! ๐
Meet the new host of Infoversity: iSchool alumnus Austin Tousaw โ16!
Austin is a technology leader whose career has taken him across cybersecurity, data, privacy and tech, but his connection to the iSchool has never gone away. Read more: https://t.co/gjCesEq4bR
iSchool alumn and Amazon Robotics Senior Manager Sagar Mohan joins Infoversity to talk AI, robotics and the future of technology, drawing from his experience building businesses and leading engineering teams at Amazon.
Check out the full episode: https://t.co/S448bOpeR3
Weโre celebrating the next chapter for iSchool graduates and the careers theyโre launching after Syracuse.
Next up, Alexa Kocur, an Information Management & Technology major who turned her internship with EY into a full-time role as a Digital Risk Consultant!
Catherine Holguin โ26 turned her Wells Fargo internship into a full-time role as an Audit IT Analyst!
โThe iSchool gave me the foundational knowledge, confidence, and community that allowed me to excel in my internship and earn a full-time position.โ
Congratulations, Catherine!
Mamady Keita โ26 paired his math background with an iSchool IM&T minor, gaining technical, communication and problem-solving skills along the way. Now, heโs headed to BNY as an Operations Analyst.
See how his iSchool experience helped shape his path: https://t.co/7qbjeymnpn