iSchool Founder Edouard Agbor G’26 Takes First Place at LaunchPad Pitch Competition
Founder of GritGateway, Agbor secured $2,500 in LaunchPad’s In-Market Track for his AI-powered global opportunity platform active across 20+ African countries.
Bushra Khazaleh ’26 From Jordanian Roots to Leadership and Impact at the iSchool
From Jordan to Syracuse, Khazaleh applies values deeply rooted in her native culture.
EunJeong Cheon Receives Robert Benjamin Jr. Junior Faculty Research Award
The iSchool is proud to announce that Assistant Professor EunJeong Cheon has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Robert Benjamin Jr. Junior Faculty Research Award.
Payton D. Cooke G ’24: Creating Inclusive Libraries
Payton D. Cooke draws on lived experience and research to expand autistic representation in academic libraries.
Schneider Joachim ’26 Awarded $1,000 LaunchPad Start-Up Fund Grant
Schneider Joachim ’26, co-founder of GladysTastyMeals, LLC, received a $1,000 Student Start-Up Fund grant from the Syracuse University Libraries’ LaunchPad to support the growth of Central New York’s only authentic Haitian cuisine caterer.
Charles Allen, M.S. ’25, Never Stops Moving
Commitment to strategy and results drives Charles Allen’s four-decade career in technology.
Innovation on Display: NEXIS Students Present Research at Fall 2025 Poster Day
This student-written recap highlights NEXIS Poster Day and the applied research projects developed throughout the Fall 2025 semester.
What the Verizon Outage Reveals, According to iSchool Professor Lee McKnight
iSchool Professor Lee McKnight commented in The New York Times on the widespread outage that disrupted cellular and data service on Verizon’s network for more than six hours. The issue was resolved late Wednesday, according to the company.
iSchool Fall 2025 Dean’s List
The following undergraduate students in the School of Information Studies were recognized on the Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 semester. Eligibility required completion of at least 12 graded credit hours and a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher, qualifying students for either the Dean’s List (3.5–3.7) or the Distinguished Dean’s List (3.8 and above).
iSchool Professor Lee McKnight Examines Weak Points in U.S. Wireless Networks
Lee McKnight, associate professor at Syracuse University’s iSchool, joined NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss what the recent Verizon outage reveals about vulnerabilities in the U.S. wireless grid.