2017 | Drexel CCI

- Top Drexel Stories of 2017
  
  December 20, 2017
  
  2017 was a big year for Drexel University, which made strides in research and developments that could impact all of our futures.
- Ellen Bass Contributes to National Academies Report Encouraging Weather Enterprise to Invest More in Social and Behavioral Scientists
  
  December 14, 2017
  
  The report provides recommendations and strategies to better integrate social and behavioral sciences into weather alert systems to protect communities from extreme, hazardous weather events.
- From Cancer to Campus: The Eagles Scholarship Helping Dragons Soar
  
  December 11, 2017
  
  The Eagles Fly for Leukemia organization offers full-tuition scholarships to Drexel University to outstanding students who have survived pediatric cancer. For the recipients, it’s an unrivaled opportunity.
- Drexel CCI Faculty Spotlight: Julia Stoyanovich, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
  
  December 04, 2017
  
  Stoyanovich, who joined Drexel’s faculty in 2012, is also a key member of the College’s recently launched Women in Computing Initiative, and recently moderated a CCI Corporate Partners Program panel discussion on November 27 with industry members and alumni, speaking on issues affecting women in STEM fields.
- Sharon G. Flake Awarded 2017 Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children’s Literature Citation
  
  November 28, 2017
  
  Author Sharon G. Flake was recently awarded the Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children’s Literature Citation at this year’s Pennsylvania Library Association Conference.
- Assistant Professor Alex Poole Wins 2017 ASIS&T Bob Williams History Fund Research Award
  
  November 16, 2017
  
  Poole’s award-winning paper revolves around Mollie Huston Lee, the founder of the Richard B. Harrison Public Library in Raleigh, North Carolina - a historically black library that was established in 1935.
- Professor Ellen Bass Wins Best Paper at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 Annual Meeting
  
  November 06, 2017
  
  The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Human Performance Modeling Technical Group awarded Bass for her paper titled “Simulating Human Performance of Task Sharing: Modeling Task Delay and Delegation of Authority.”
- NSA Professionals Score College Creds at Drexel
  
  November 03, 2017
  
  For more than half a century, students in training to become experts in numerous fields at the National Security Agency have participated in rigorous training at the National Cryptologic School — learning everything from foreign languages to codebreaking. Today the school with the classified curriculum is expanding its coursework to keep students ahead of the latest technological threats by partnering with Drexel University to offer them the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in cybersecurity.
- Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics at ASIS&T 2017 and Dublin Core
  
  October 26, 2017
  
  CCI faculty and students will be participating in the 80th annual Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting and the DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.
- Jane Greenberg to speak on panel at Symposium on International Coordination for Science Data Infrastructure
  
  October 24, 2017
  
  Alice B. Kroeger Professor Jane Greenberg, PhD, will participate in a research panel at the Symposium on International Coordination for Science Data Infrastructure, held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 2017.