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How Super Bowl Ads are Trending Away From Sex and Politics
In an Adweek article reviewing this year’s Super Bowl ads, Rebecca Ortiz, an Advertising Professor within the Newhouse School, ran through current trends of commercials within the big game, which includes a step away from politics and sexual imagery. Ortiz…
University Hosts Second Annual Sexual Health Awareness Month
Syracuse University’s Sexual Health Awareness Month, called Frisky February, is back for the second year. The Office of Health Promotion (OHP), in collaboration with student organizations, University offices and departments, community partners and the OHP Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships…
The Connections of Health, Location, Education and your Lifespan
A study co-authored by Jennifer Karas Montez, an assistant professor of sociology at the Maxwell School, was recently cited in a Washington Post article about the rising death rates of those without a college degree. Montez’s research explores the ways public policies…
Why Are Some Ads Appearing Before the Super Bowl Starts?
This year, many companies are releasing or teasing their Super Bowl advertisements prior to kickoff of the big game. While this is an uncommon trend, Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and Director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture…
The Trend of Super Bowl Advertisements
While Super Bowl ads are known for their humor, they also play to the tune of the country, which, this year, is a polarized nation. In a USA Today article that elaborates on what ads will be seen this year,…
Moving the Needle
George M. Langford is famously soft-spoken, but do not expect the dean emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) to slip quietly into retirement. On the contrary, he is about to make the biggest noise of his career. In…
We’ve All Heard the Words ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Blockchain,’ but What Are They?
Lee W.McKnight is an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, faculty advisor to the Worldwide Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship Club and an affiliate of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He is also an expert on Bitcoin…
The Problem and Influence of Twitter Bots
A recent New York Times investigation revealed that thousands of Twitter users purchased followers and retweets to expand upon their influence on the site. As public outcry followed, Newhouse social media professor Jennifer Grygiel discussed this in a CNET article,…
Understanding People
When Kalyn Des Jardins began her journey as an advertising major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, her focus centered on learning the tenets of creating winning advertising campaigns. The art and science of crafting and delivering a…
Syracuse Symposium to Host Disability, Transformative Justice Organizer Feb. 7-8
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong examination of “Belonging” with a mini-residency by acclaimed writer, educator, and disability and transformative justice organizer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Toronto- and Seattle-based activist will present a multidisciplinary performance titled “Bodymap” from 4-5:30…