Students from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications picked up first-place and special mention awards in the college portion of the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s annual news awards competition. Awards were given at a ceremony Saturday evening in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
In the category of best radio news story, Matt Johnston’s piece “Quilt exhibition educates people about AIDS awareness” won first place, while “WRAP–SouthSudan 7-11” by Durrie Bouscaren received a special mention. In the category of best news story, Clay LePard’s “Corruption on Campus Hill” also received a special mention.
Robert Smith, National Public Radio’s New York correspondent, was keynote speaker at the awards banquet.
Second-year College of Law student Hilda A. Frimpong has been elected by her peers as the next editor in chief of Syracuse Law Review. When she assumes her duties for Volume 72 (2021-22), Frimpong will be the first Black student…
Timur Hammond, assistant professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, wrote an op-ed for Inside Higher Ed titled “8 Tips for Grad Students for Planning in 2021.” Hammond also serves as a faculty liaison for the Future…
Thomas Keck, the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics and professor of political science in the Maxwell School, wrote an op-ed for Syracuse.com titled “What’s the point of impeachment? ‘To lay down a marker for history.’” Keck,…
In their new book, “The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021), Syracuse University professor Christopher Faricy and Bucknell University professor Christopher Ellis examine how public opinion differs between two types of…
Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations in the Maxwell School, authored an op-ed for The Hill titled “Improving the security situation between US-Mexico.” McCormick is an expert on U.S.-Mexico…
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