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Los Angeles Times

2020 Election: Will Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ Plan Backfire?

Sunday, November 17, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Leonard Burman, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times story “Can Elizabeth Warren afford to be all in on ‘Medicare for all’? In the article, Burman commented on Elizabeth…

Campus & Community

Statement from Chancellor Kent Syverud

Sunday, November 17, 2019, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Last night, one of our African American students reported being subjected to a verbal racial epithet from a group of students and visitors to our campus. The location was on College Place. This report of…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse, iSchool Partner to Host a Data-Driven Art Exhibition on Democracy in the Digital Age (Canceled)

Friday, November 15, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

[Update, Nov. 19, 2019: This event has been canceled.] “Democracy in the Digital Age: Does It Exist?” is a data-driven, interactive art exhibition produced by students in the Newhouse School and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) that seeks to…

ABC News

FTC Guidelines Aim to Promote Transparency in Online Advertising

Friday, November 15, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was featured in the ABC News story “Popular YouTuber chimes in on federal product disclosure guide for influencers.” In the story, Grygiel explains the Federal Trade Commissions’s guidelines for social…

CNN

Mexico’s Security Strategy Called Into Question

Friday, November 15, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Gladys McCormick, Associate Professor of History in the Maxwell School, was interviewed about the violence in Mexico by several national and international outlets, including CNN, CNN International, The Washington Post, USA Today, Bloomberg, and Global News Canada. McCormick, an expert in…

Veterans

Stories of Service: Adrian Weekly ’20 and Joe Alfieri

Friday, November 15, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

In celebration of Veterans Week 2019, the University is recognizing stories of student veterans and faculty/staff who are veterans or have especially strong connections to the military. These stories are just some of the many from the veteran and military-connected…

The New York Times

New York Lawmakers Try to Revive Local News

Friday, November 15, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Martha A. Garcia-Murillo, Senior Associate of the School of Information Studies (iSchool) was quoted in the New York Times article “Local news is dying. New York may try to pass a law to save it.” Lawmakers from New York are…

STEM

ECS Faculty Awarded $1.4 Million from Energy Department to Advance Building Energy Modeling

Thursday, November 14, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

Two faculty members in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) will extend their collaborations to develop an innovative system that improves energy modeling of existing buildings using “aerial intelligence” acquired by drones. Senem Velipasalar, associate professor of electrical…

All for Earth Podcast

Clean Water Can Be Made Available to Everyone, Not Just Priveleged Countries

Thursday, November 14, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Farhana Sultana, Maxwell School Associate Professor of Geography was interviewed for the podcast All for Earth on “Ensuring Clean Water for All.” On the podcast, Sultana explains how clean water can be accessed globally if citizens make a conscious effort…

STEM

Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute Develops DNA Tool

Thursday, November 14, 2019, By News Staff

DNA is everywhere—not just in bodily fluids, such as blood or saliva, but also in traces left by the touch of a finger. If more than one person has been sitting at the same table, for example, traces of each…