Garimella’s project, “A System for Fact-Checking WhatsApp Content from Diaspora Communities” aims to develop a web-based monitoring system for WhatsApp tailored towards the needs of immigrant communities in the U.S.
In 1987, March became known and celebrated as Women’s History Month in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, as “an annual recognition of the historical and modern accomplishments and perseverance of women across the globe –financially, socially, and politically,” according to Wikipedia.
Marisa Elsaesser ’11, a product manager for automated and live chat at Verizon, transferred to Rutgers for her junior year. And that’s not the only change she made.
Zoya Sood ’21 has always enjoyed creating through tech, staying informed on the latest trends, and staying connected with people, so earning a degree in Information, Technology, and Informatics (ITI) at SC&I made good sense.
Lorezelle Shey Yanga ‘16, a cyber security operations center analyst for one of the world’s leading global life sciences companies, shares with SC&I readers how her bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and Informatics (ITI) helped her figure out her career path.
The National Institutes of Health has named SC&I Assistant Professors Yonaira Rivera and Megan Threats recipients of the Loan Repayment Program Award.
While at Rutgers, Gbadamosi belonged to TWESE, the Organization for African Students and Friends of Africa at Rutgers, the ITI Council, and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Through his coursework at SC&I, he discovered that the ITI field enabled him to combine his love of technology with his people skills. Here he shares some of the wisdom he has learned along the way.
Rutgers was a good fit for Josh Rochotte, and SC&I is proud to claim him as a double alumnus. After majoring in Information Technology and Information (ITI) and Psychology, Josh completed a Master of Information (MI) degree in 2018.
Professor and Chair Marie L. Radford’s new book, “Research Methods in Library and Information Science – 7th Edition,” co-authored by Lynn Silipigni Connaway of OCLC, is designed for LIS master’s and doctoral students, new faculty, and professional librarians. This edition is extensively revised, with new and updated sections covering topical areas such as data management and reuse, data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and social justice research.
Garimella, who focuses on using digital data for social good, and Jhaver, whose research examines the governance mechanisms of online platforms to understand their impact on public discourse, will join SC&I’s Library and Information Science Department in fall 2021.
