Experts at Syracuse Profile Management

Q: What do I do with the content in my weekly digest that says “for approval” or “for validation”?

A: Those who have editor access to a department, school, or college will by default, receive a weekly digest of their respective activities. This content will include “for approval” or “for validation”. No action is required on your part to validate/approve items in Experts that you may receive via email in the weekly digest. The validation process is an Experts/Pure workflow option that we have not enabled. We trust that the item is legitimate when added by the faculty member, research staff, students hired to add profiles, etc.

Q: How do I adjust my email settings?

A: You may adjust your email settings as needed. To do so, click into the backend of Pure by clicking “Edit Profile” or “Login to Pure”, and open your profile. Then, click on Email settings to adjust the type and frequency of emails you receive.

Q: I don’t want certain news articles to appear on my profile, how do I edit this? 

A: For Faculty Adding/Updating Own Profiles

• Log in to Experts and click Edit Profile
• In the menu bar at the top of the page, click on the arrow next to Personal.
• In the Press/Media category, click My Press/Media
• From the list of press/media items, click on the item you would like to remove.
• Under Persons and Affiliations, click Disclaim.
• Click Save.

For Users Adding/Updating Faculty Profiles:

• Log in to Experts and click Edit Profile​​.
• In the search box of the menu bar, add the faculty member’s name.
• Click Press/Media from the left menu.
• From the list of press/media items, click on the item you would like to remove.
• Click Save.

Q: How do I indicate I am willing to take Ph.D. students and/or talk to the media?

 A: You can use your Experts@Syracuse profile to indicate if you are willing to accept Ph.D. students. On the edit profile screen, select metadata, scroll to the bottom, and within portal details select if you are willing to accept Ph.D. students or not.  You can use the same screen to indicate your willingness to talk to the media. Select “add person expertise”. Then select if you are willing to speak to the media and update your selection.

Q: How can I edit my fingerprint?

A: Fingerprints can only be removed. To do so, Click Edit Profile in Experts and Edit Profile on the next page, then select Fingerprints. Click on the fingerprint you would like to omit and click save.

Q: Where are my patents located?

A: Syracuse University patents are included in Experts@Syracuse. You can see them within the research output category.

Q: How can I add an internal grant? 

A: The Grants category is currently set up to automatically populate external grants only. As a workaround, internal grants, such as ‘CUSE grants, can be manually added to the Activities category by selecting Other Activities and then Other.

Q: How do I add creative works to my profile?

A: Please refer to our VPA Experts guide below.

Q: How do I add a profile picture?

A: For Faculty 

• Login to Experts and click Edit Profile.
• In the menu bar, click the Personal tab.
• Click Edit Profile to open the metadata page.
• Under profile photos, click Add File and follow the steps to add your photo.
• Click Save.

For Users Adding to Faculty Profiles

• Log in to Experts and click Edit Profile.
• In the search box of the menu bar, add the faculty member’s name.
• Select the faculty name (not the email address) to open the metadata page.
• Under profile photos, click Add File and follow the steps to add the photo.
• Click Save.

Q: Is there a list of departments, institutes, and centers included in Experts@Syracuse?

A: List of Profiles by Department, Center, Institute