16.5.08 | 10 a.m.
5th Annual E*LIT Event
Grant Auditorium, College of Law
The Center for Digital Literacy will host its 5th Annual E*LIT (Enriching Literacy through Information Technology) Event, featuring award winning children's author Uma Krishnaswami. The E*LIT project is organized and managed entirely by SU students.
E*LIT is intended to help children (K-12) in Central New York and beyond understand the synergy between technology and literacy. This event has been highly successful in motivating children to read, to work collaboratively, and to use technology in productive ways.
For more information, visit http://digital-literacy.syr.edu/.
19.5.08 | 6:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception and Guided Tours
Tenement Museum, 97 Orchard St., New York City
The iSchool invites alumni to join us in a social event with executive education
students from across the globe. Guided tours of the museum are available.
RSVP to Barbara Settel at istalum@syr.edu or call 315-443-5604.
22.5.08 | 2 p.m.
Cyber-Infrastructure and e-Government: The Perspective of Government CIOs
Swiss Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Co-sponsored by the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), this symposium brings together experts in e-government and cyber-infrastructure to explore how their ideas relate to the practical choices that must be made by U.S. federal government agency chief information officers (CIOs). A panel of CIOs from major government agencies will offer their perspectives on the promises and obstacles involved in these decisions.
Registration is requested and can be completed online at:
http://inform.epfl.ch/?form=eGovWashington