POTSDAM â Every day, companies use data in innovative ways to inform their decisionsâin everything from targeted marketing to autonomous driving vehicles. Data scientists are the people who analyze, review and present that valuable information to predict outcomes, and provide data-enabled insights critical to making important decisions.
Clarkson University now offers a master of science degree in applied data science, one of todayâs most in-demand fields.
âBy renaming our program to applied data science, we now more accurately reflect the focus of what students learn in courses on the management, analysis, interpretation, and manipulation of large, complex data sets,â said Operations and Information Systems Professor Boris Jukic, director of the program. âThis degree offers a multi-disciplinary education that differentiates Clarkson graduates in the global job marketplace. The skills they gain here allow them to critically evaluate and address real-wor
MASSENA â Massena Permanent Firefighters IAFF Local 2220, was recently able to secure the donation of 4,000 face masks from the Ford Motor Company through its Apollo Project.
Ford created the Apollo Project at the onset of the pandemic to create and distribute PPE to emergency service and educational organizations to help responders stay safe and to help schools and daycares reopen safely.
Firefighter Tyler Mulvenna, was able to secure this mask donation to help out our local emergency service agencies and schools have the face masks they needed to respond to incidents safely and to keep virus transmission down.
In the coming days, union members will begin donating these masks to local emergency response agencies, schools, daycares and small businesses to help keep our community safe and to hopefully offset some of their costs of having to purchase PPE.
For many people, the start of spring is accompanied by an Easter holiday that brings loved ones together in a joyful celebration involving many traditions. For those with furry family
CANTON â Of all of her successes, Alainya (Laini) Kavaloski, Ph.D., values her interactions with students the most.
Kavaloski was recently promoted to associate professor in the School of Business and Liberal Arts. She teaches in the collegeâs new Technological Communications bachelorâs degree program and has been establishing a network of positive influence at the college and in the community.
âMy most meaningful successes include building lasting connections with some of my students,â she said.
She recalled when a student who had previously completed her course came back to sit in on a literature class just for fun.
POTSDAM â Strong performances by multiple programs have led to Clarkson University once again being featured prominently in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News & World Report.
Notably, Clarksonâs overall graduate engineering program jumped up nearly 20 spots from 2021 and is now ranked in the nationâs top 125. Civil and environmental engineering discipline-specific rankings were in the top 100 and top 50, respectively.
U.S. News & World Report, in its 2022 edition of the rankings âassesses multiple types of graduate programs, including the six disciplines with some of the largest enrollments: business, law, medicine, nursing, engineering and education.â
Information collected within the six major disciplines assesses how well universities prepare students for their professions, as well as the career or academic outcomes of its graduates, according to the publication.