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WAER

Justice Breyer’s retirement is a critical moment for Liberals

Thursday, January 27, 2022, By Lily Datz

Thomas Keck, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the WAER segment “Justice Breyer’s retirement is a critical moment for Liberals.” Keck, who serves as the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, is…

Media, Law & Policy

Newsroom Culture ‘Needs to Evolve’ After Another Reporter is Hit by Car

Thursday, January 27, 2022, By Keith Kobland

The job of a news broadcaster is to report the news, not make it. But that was exactly the case recently when a local TV reporter from WSAZ in Charleston, West Virginia, was struck by a vehicle while reporting live…

Campus & Community

University Announces ‘Unsung Heroes’ in Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thursday, January 27, 2022, By Delaney Van Wey

The 37th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the 2022 Unsung Hero Award winners. The Unsung Hero Award is given to community members, students, faculty and staff who have made positive impacts on the lives…

Media Tip Sheets

What will focus minds in the Kremlin? Perhaps redeploying the US 1st Armored Division to Germany

Wednesday, January 26, 2022, By Lily Datz

Reporters looking for insight into the ongoing tensions over Russia sending troops along the Ukrainian border, please see comments from Syracuse University associate professor Michael John Williams. Williams teaches courses on great power conflict, transatlantic relations, and international security. His…

Media Tip Sheets

When We Don’t Prioritize Children, American Schools Suffer

Wednesday, January 26, 2022, By Lily Datz

Despite most American students being back in the physical classroom this year, school staffing shortages remain a huge and persistent problem across the country. How did the staffing shortages become such a large problem, and what does it say about…

Arts & Culture

Urban Video Project Opens 2022 With ‘No Emoji for Ennui’ Group Exhibition and Related Screening

Wednesday, January 26, 2022, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) presents “No Emoji for Ennui,” a group exhibition featuring the work of filmmakers Lana Z Caplan, Ross Meckfessel, Alison Nguyen and Matt Whitman. The installation will be on view from Jan. 27-March 26 at UVP’s…

Campus & Community

$5 Million Gift to John A. Lally Athletics Complex Honors the Winning and Giving Spirit of Floyd Little

Tuesday, January 25, 2022, By Eileen Korey

As a member of the Syracuse University band, Howard “Howie” Phanstiel ’70, G’71, had an up-close view of the greatness of No. 44 Floyd Little ’67, H’16. From his seat on the sidelines, instrument in hand, Phanstiel vividly remembers the…

Media, Law & Policy

The Gift of a Professorship to Inspire Generations of Engaged Citizens

Tuesday, January 25, 2022, By Eileen Korey

When the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs opened in 1924, it included a citizenship curriculum for all undergraduates in the liberal arts. Thirty years later, Merle Goldberg traveled from her home in Maryland to Syracuse University, hoping for…

Campus & Community

Austin Peña Crosses Boundaries Within Architecture to Build Community

Monday, January 24, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Austin Peña doesn’t like boundaries. He chose Syracuse University for graduate school because he wouldn’t be forced into a single educational track. “I question the traditional boundaries of architecture and it’s a very forward-thinking program. The faculty give us a…

STEM

Applications Open for New York Business Plan Competition 2022

Monday, January 24, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

The New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) is accepting applications through March 15 from graduate and undergraduate students from across Central New York colleges and universities for the regional qualifier, Compete CNY. Compete CNY  will take place on March 25…