Hi all, It's that time of year when students look for advice about PhD program applications. This year we are launching a new, redesigned PhD program in Information Studies here in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. PhD in Information Studies http://drexel.edu/cci/PhDIS It's designed to be a highly interdisciplinary program with a lot of flexibility that would suit students interested in Internet research. We are currently accepting applicants for a variety of funded research assistantship positions in various areas of: - human-centered computing (HCC), - data science, and - information science. Some of our RA openings are highlighted here: http://drexel.edu/cci/programs/graduate-programs/phd-information-studies/Adm..., but this is not an exhaustive list of opportunities. Questions can be directed to PhD program director, moi, (aforte@drexel.edu). First consideration deadline is Dec 15th, but we accept apps til Jan 15th. -Andrea -- :: Andrea Forte :: Associate Professor :: College of Computing and Informatics :: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA :: http://andreaforte.net | aforte@drexel.edu | 215.895.0543 :: http://www.drexelsocialcomputing.net