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SILS from coast to coast
SILS students Sarah Albrecht, Andrew McClenney, Genna Crites, Cary Gentry and Anusha Suresh at the main branch of the New York Public Library.
Students network in New York’s financial district and libraries
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SILS students spent spring break 2019 in New York City, exploring special libraries, information management in the financial industry, and public librarianship. SILS Career Services Coordinator Lori Haight and Programs Officer Shirley Parker accompanied the students for the three-day trek. The group enjoyed tours and networking at the Boston Consulting Group, Dow Jones Factiva, the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL), the main branch of the New York Public Library, and the NYPL’s 53rd Street Library.
SILS alumna Jessica L. Wood, PhD, (MSLS ’13) provided a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and alumna Kristin McDonough (MSLS ’70), retired director of the SIBL, was instrumental in planning the trip thanks to her NYC connections.
Information Science @ Work RDU & San Francisco
SILS offered the Information Science @ Work course for the second year in a row this spring. Led by Professor Paul Jones, the class visited local alumni at their places of employment, spoke with representatives of start-ups, and met with potential employers. Over spring break, students traveled to the Bay Area to visit SILS alumni and friends at Instagram, Facebook, IDEO, and Google, among others.
Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP) doctoral students Terika McCall and Malvika Pillai at Facebook in San Francisco.
Alumni @ Amazon
SILS Dean Gary Marchionini caught up with several SILS alumni during a trip to Seattle in March. Following a tour of Amazon HQ, he and the group stopped for a photo inside The Spheres, three spherical plant conservatories on the Amazon campus. From left: Chongrui Zhang (MSIS ’16), Dong Liang (MSIS ’16), Xiaohong “Sharon” Yang, PhD (MSIS ’00), Wei Gao (MSIS ’13), Gary Marchionini, Kelly Maniscalco (MSLS ’12), Xuxiang “Max” Mao (MSIS ’15), and Zekun Yu (MSIS ’15). The SILS grads all work for Amazon, except for Sharon Yang, who is president of Biomed DB Design.
