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Syracuse Poster Project Presents ‘Splash Poetry’
The Syracuse Poster Project, a nonprofit civic arts organization, wants to brighten up your cloudy days. For the past 16 years, the Poster Project has partnered with local poets and Syracuse University illustration students to create an annual series of…
Broadcast, Print Journalism Students Finalists in the NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards
The National Association of Black Journalists has released its list of finalists for its 2017 Salute to Excellence Awards, with three Newhouse students and student-produced NCC News making the cut. Brianna Moné Williams, G’17, magazine, newspaper and online journalism Category: Newspaper…
Invent@SU Students Design, Prototype, Pitch New Products in Invention Accelerator Competition
For Niall Shannon ’20 and Mina Diamantis ’19, Invent@SU was hands-on engineering at its best. They saw a problem in how many traditional wheelchairs can tip over and believed they could come up with a solution. “This is what I always…
Newhouse Hosts Multimedia Immersion Experience
Every year in late spring, after classes end and students have left campus, a whirl of activity descends upon the Newhouse School, where the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) holds its annual Multimedia Immersion workshop, known affectionately among participants as…
Alumni Praises SU’s Efforts in Student Support and Diversity
Priscilla Tyree Williams ’86 holds a unique distinction at Syracuse University. She is the first African American woman to have graduated with a civil engineering degree from SU. Today, she oversees the implementation of the capital improvement program for the…
Newhouse’s Renée Stevens named ‘Educator to Watch’ by Graphic Design USA
Renée Stevens, assistant professor of multimedia photography and design in the Newhouse School, was selected as one of a 12 design educators nationwide to be featured in Graphic Design USA’s “Educators to Watch” issue. Published in the June issue, the profile features comments…
Robert Thompson: NBC Isn’t Sweating Backlash Over Interview With Alex Jones
Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, was quoted in a story posted on The Wrap titled “Why NBC Isn’t Sweating Backlash Over Megyn Kelly’s Interview With Alex Jones.”
Students Wade through Political Discourse Inside DC Beltway
With constant tumult in the nation’s capital, political communication inside the Washington, D.C., beltway has become a relentless churn of messaging, whether by press conference, sound bite or tweet—President Donald Trump’s preferred method. How do you wade through all the…
Musicologist Goes ‘Beyond Boundaries’ with New Book, Trans-Atlantic Research
Amanda Eubanks Winkler knows a thing or two about pushing boundaries. Still basking in the success of her latest edited book, “Beyond Boundaries: Rethinking Music Circulation in Early Modern England” (Indiana University Press, 2017), the musicologist is preparing for a…
Maxwell Professor Asks, Where Have Congressional Moderates Gone?
When journalists and pundits talk about the bitter partisanship in Congress today, they tend to point to three culprits: gerrymandering, the influence of big money and primary systems that favor more ideologically pure candidates. But when scholars have tested these…