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Future Remains Bright for Solar Energy Industry – Tarriffs Setback Only Temporary

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

According to the quarterly solar market report released March 15 by GTM Research, U.S. solar energy installation growth is expected to slow in the coming years, due in part to new tariffs on panel imports and new federal tax laws….

Media, Law & Policy

Research Profile: Professor Examines State of Bail, Pretrial Detention, Reform Measures

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Nine out of 10 people who are awaiting resolution of their felony criminal case in jail are being detained because they can’t afford the pre-trial bail, according to national statistics. What does that say about the U.S. criminal justice system?…

Media, Law & Policy

Constantly Calling News Fake Undercuts Fourth Estate, Says Syracuse Free Speech Expert

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

An expert on communications law and the First Amendment, Roy Gutterman is director of the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University. He says the trend of labeling factual news as fake news is an attempt to undercut,…

Veterans

LIS Alumna Helps Veterans Preserve Their Stories

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

Annabelle Weiss dropped out of Hunter College in 1943 because she wanted to enlist in the armed services. With her parents’ consent, she joined the U.S. Marines and reported for training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in April 1944. There…

STEM

Researchers Close to Understanding Disease Mechanisms of ALS

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Carlos A. Castañeda, assistant professor of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary neuroscience, and Thuy…

Campus & Community

Ways to Keep Active and Engaged

Thursday, March 1, 2018, By Rachel Friedman

While glimpses of spring have arrived, the winter weather is still lingering. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t continue to be active and engaged. Students have many opportunities, both on and off campus, throughout the winter months. Here are a few…

Columbia Journalism Review

Turning to Fiction to Combat Drug Abuse

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Cheryl Reed, a newspaper and online journalism assistant professor at Newhouse, recently wrote an article for the Columbia Journalism Review about how fiction, rather than fact, can help her write about drug crisis from the past and to the present….

Arts & Culture

March 4 Malmgren Concert to Commemorate the Holocaust

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By News Staff

Students and faculty from the Setnor School of Music will present music to commemorate the Holocaust at Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, March 4, at 4 p.m. The concert, titled “Voices of Shoah,” is the final concert of the 2017-18 Malmgren…

Media, Law & Policy

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia to Deliver Keynote Address at Newhouse School’s Toner Prize Celebration March 26

Friday, February 23, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, will be the keynote speaker at the award ceremony for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting March 26 in Washington, D.C. The Toner Prize,…

STEM

Scientists Examine Link Between Surface-Water Salinity, Climate Change in Central New York

Friday, February 23, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The interplay between surface-water salinity and climate change in Central New York is the subject of a recent paper by researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences. Kristina Gutchess, a Ph.D. candidate in Earth Sciences, is the lead author…