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Three New Members Elected to Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees
Syracuse University has announced the election of three new members to its Board of Trustees, all of whom are alumni of the University. The new members are Christine A. Carona ’85, Vincent H. Cohen Jr. ’92, L’95 and Raj-Ann Rekhi…
Finalists Announced in 2020 Mirror Awards Competition
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2020 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced June 11 at mirrorawards.syr.edu. The finalists, selected by a group of journalists and…
Houston, We Have Splashdown
April 17 is the 50th anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 13 after the aborted mission to the moon. The event was watched by an estimated 40 million Americans. The Apollo 13 space mission was made famous for not landing…
How to Decipher the News to Find the Facts
Nine months to go till the November presidential election. How do you wade through the political rhetoric and potential biases and falsehoods from various information outlets to get to the real facts? Longtime journalist and Newhouse School adjunct professor Tom…
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Xinyi Zhou Selected as First Recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship
Computer and information science Ph.D. candidate Xinyi Zhou was selected as the first recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship. Zhou’s research covers machine learning, data (text and graph) mining, social media mining and social computing…
Social Media: Its Effect On Human Health and Politics
Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the Business Insider article “Unlicensed medical ‘cures’ are flourishing in closed Facebook groups, where cancer treatments – and even surgery – are sold beyond the reach of…
Forthcoming Book Co-Edited by Newhouse, iSchool Professors Will Examine Disruptive Force of Social Media
“Social media has bruised and battered American democracy.” That’s the premise set forth by three Syracuse University professors in their proposal for a book recently accepted for publication by Routledge. Newhouse School faculty members Regina Luttrell, assistant professor of public…
SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Not A Metric Matters’ Exhibition by College of Visual And Performing Arts Faculty
The Syracuse University Art Galleries announces “Not A Metric Matters,” an exhibition featuring new and recent contemporary artwork created by 16 faculty members from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). The exhibition highlights artists working in a variety…
Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa Will Receive Tully Free Speech Award at Campus Ceremony April 24
Journalist Maria Ressa is the recipient of the 2018 Free Speech Award, presented by the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech. Ressa, who is CEO and executive editor of The Rappler, will visit campus for the award ceremony on…
Jason Zengerle Wins Newhouse’s Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting
Journalist Jason Zengerle is the 2019 winner of the Newhouse School’s Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. The prize was awarded at a ceremony March 25 in Washington, D.C. NPR’s Lakshmi Singh ’94, an alumna of the Newhouse School,…