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Alex Taft, a recent graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, died Thursday, May 29. He was 28.
Taft, who graduated May 11 with a master’s degree in television, radio and film, was killed in a head-on car accident on Interstate 70 in Colorado. He was traveling to Los Angeles to start a mentorship with screenwriter Ron Hart, and was a finalist for the Academy of Television Arts & Science’s screenwriting internship.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 3, at 12:30 p.m. in the Reading Room on the fourth floor of Newhouse 3. A moment of silence will be observed at 12:45 p.m.
A hometown memorial will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Christ Church in Winnetka, Ill.
Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Post story “People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability,…
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was interviewed for the WAER story “SU Professor says President’s Closed Social Media Accounts Fall Under Big…
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted in the CNN story “First Amendment doesn’t guarantee you the rights you think it does.”…
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for the Time Magazine story “Big Tech’s Crackdown on Donald Trump and Parler Won’t Fix the Real Problem With Social Media.”…
Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, wrote an op-ed for History News Network titled “Images of the Capitol Riot Reflect a National Crisis.”…
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