Media, Law & Policy
Helping Bring the Olympics to the World
The Sochi Olympics has us riveted to our televisions as the athletes ski, skate and speed into sport legends. Syracuse University students are playing a part in helping to bring the drama to fans around the world—with NBC and with the International Olympic Committee.
Law, Education Professors Publish New Books
Two professors at the College of Law and one at the School of Education have published new books recently. Professor Nina Kohn authored “Elder Law: Practice, Policy and Problems,” (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2013). Professor Arlene S. Kanter co-edited,…
TBWA Worldwide’s Doug Melville ’98 to Discuss Future of Advertising
Doug Melville ’98, chief diversity officer, North America, for TBWA Worldwide, will visit the Newhouse School on Thursday, Feb. 20, as a guest of the advertising department’s Job Market Speaker Series, part of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will…
Grad Student Wins First place in White House News Photographers Association Student Video Contest
Taylor Baucom, a graduate student in the Newhouse School’s Department of Multimedia Photography and Design (MPD), won first place in the White House News Photographers Association’s “2014 Eyes of History” student video contest, in the sports category. Her winning video,…
Authority on Mexico-U.S. Relations to Join Maxwell School Faculty
A noted Latin American scholar, policy maker, teacher, diplomat and journalist has been named the inaugural Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Rafael Fernández de Castro, founder and chair of the…
College of Law Student Wins ABA Student Writing Competition
Sean J. Quinn ’06, a third-year student in the SU College of Law, has been named the winner of the 12th annual American Bar Association (ABA) Health Law Student Writing Competition. His winning entry was titled “Down on the Pharma:…
Diversity in Sports Media Is Topic of Feb. 26 Newhouse Forum
The face of sports media—especially as seen on pregame, postgame and halftime shows on television—may seem diverse. But just how representative of athletes, sports fans and American society is it? What about management—the people who do the hiring and assigning…
William P. Ehling ’43, G’52, G’54 Dies; Founded Public Relations Department
William P. Ehling ’43, G’52, G’54, professor emeritus and founder of the public relations department at the Newhouse School, died Feb. 7. He was 93. Ehling taught at Syracuse University from 1954 until his retirement in 1991. During his tenure,…
‘Remembering Marty Glickman’ Chronicles Newhouse Event Honoring Sportscaster
The Newhouse School hosted sports media and entertainment industry elites in New York City last summer as they gathered to celebrate the launch of the Newhouse Sports Media Center and to fete NBC sportscaster and Newhouse alumnus Bob Costas ’74…
Aging Studies Institute Conference Features Keynote by Deputy Secretary of HHS
The Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute held a conference on “Social Support and Service Provision to Older Adults” in New York City last month at which Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services William Corr was the featured speaker. During…