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Media, Law & Policy

Retired Judge Martha Bellinger ’72 Recalls Lifetime of Breaking Down Gender Barriers, Rallying For LGBT Rights

Friday, August 3, 2018, By Rob Enslin

March 12, 1968. Another stark afternoon in Central New York, as Martha Bellinger ’72 and her parents wrap up a campus tour of Syracuse. The visit is mostly a formality for the future journalism major, thanks to her high school…

STEM

iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality

Monday, July 30, 2018, By J.D. Ross

In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations?  Two researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool)…

Media Post

Papa John’s Apology Is Too Late

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

Christal Johnson, teaching professor of public relations in the Newhouse School, wrote an opinion piece for Marketing Daily, “Papa John’s apology was too little, too late.” Papa John’s former CEO, John Schnatter has caused his company some trouble when he decided…

Media, Law & Policy

Nanoelectromechanics to Polyfluoroalkyls: Not Your Typical Summer Job at the Innovation Law Center

Thursday, July 19, 2018, By Martin Walls

Dineen Hall incorporates many natural light-filled spaces throughout its design, places where faculty and students can sit together and collaborate, and that is certainly true for the Innovation Law Center’s (ILC) suite in the southeast corner of the College of…

Health & Society

U.S. Department of Education Awards $10 Million Grant to Launch National School Choice Research Center

Tuesday, July 17, 2018, By Jessica Smith

Maxwell School’s Amy Ellen Schwartz and scholars around the country will lead the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH). The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to…

Veterans

In Their New Book, Larry Logue and Peter Blanck Analyze Military Veterans’ Psychological Wounds Through a Civil War Lens

Friday, July 13, 2018, By Martin Walls

The psychological after effects of war are not just a modern-day plight. For instance, following the U.S. Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies and damaged minds, but compassion was often lacking in their treatment. Published at a time…

STEM

Syracuse University Establishes International Center on Information Fusion with China’s Xidian University

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University and Xidian University have jointly established an International Center for Information Fusion and laid the foundation for potentially broader collaboration between the two institutions in areas of mutual academic interest. The agreement follows a recent trip to China…

Arts & Culture

Band on the Run: Syracuse University Brass Ensemble Soaks in Spirit of Bluegrass State

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

When James T. Spencer, director of the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), turned to accept the applause at the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival (GABBF) in Danville, Kentucky, he joked to himself, “Now what do we do for an…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Professors Investigate the Effects of Artificial Intelligence on News Audiences

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The research project has received funding from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism’s Knight News Innovation Fellows program.   Four professors from the Newhouse School are among a new cohort of Knight News Innovation Fellows, announced recently by the Tow Center…

Al Jazeera

Is Trump’s ‘Space Force’ a Ridiculous Thought?

Friday, July 6, 2018, By Essence Britt

Jackie Orr, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School comments on President Trump’s thoughts on developing a “Space Force” in the opinion piece, “Trump’s Astronomically Misguided ‘Space Force’.” Jackie Orr refers to the former president, George W. Bush, when…