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- 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.
- Metadata Research Center Doctoral Students Present at Research Data Alliance 10th Plenary Meeting
  
  October 16, 2017
  
  Information studies doctoral students Sam Grabus and Kai Li, who are both RDA Data Share Fellows, presented their research posters on current fellowship progress.
- Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics Launches Effort to Increase Number of Women in Undergraduate Majors
  
  September 05, 2017
  
  Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) is partnering with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to launch a new strategic plan for increasing the number of women into their undergraduate majors in data science, computer science, computing & security technology, information systems and software engineering.
- Yongjun Zhu awarded 2017 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
  
  August 10, 2017
  
  Yongjun Zhu, a doctoral graduate of Drexel University’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), has been awarded a 2017 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
- Computer science research with social impact featured at REThink showcase
  
  August 08, 2017
  
  REThink at Drexel University hosted a research showcase featuring collaborative research from College of Computing & Informatics faculty mentors and local STEM teachers.