Media, Law & Policy

Two years ago, Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle unseated Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei in an excruciatingly tight contest for New York’s 25th congressional seat that was ultimately decided three weeks later and by a margin of less than three-tenths of 1 percent. This year’s rematch has given every indication of being just as close.

One vote doesn’t decide the fate of a nation. Its greater meaning is in the vital act of citizenship, says Robert McClure, Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy Emeritus at the Maxwell School.

Syracuse University professor Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, offers his thoughts on how pop culture and the presidency go hand in hand.

Distinguished alumni William “Bill” F. Allyn G’59, Janet “Penny” Jones Allyn ’60 and Shirley Ann Fenner Reidenbaugh ’54 will be honored with the Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award during the annual Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award Dinner, held…

The first thing the kids noticed was the glass. Walking through the halls of Newhouse 3 in the first year of their participation in the “Smart Kids, Visual Stories” project, students from Syracuse city school Levy K-8 couldn’t fathom how the university felt so comfortable allowing so much exposed glass.

The College of Law continues its 18th annual Family Weekend and welcomes a record number of guests to campus on Nov. 3. More than 133 families from 20 states and Canada—nearly 500 people—will enjoy activities on the SU campus and…

Hill Communications, the Newhouse School’s student-run public relations firm, was honored as part of the inaugural PRServing America awards, sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The awards program recognizes and rewards PRSA members for their pro bono…

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will honor 40 alumni Nov. 10 as they are inducted into the school’s Professional Gallery, which recognizes some of Newhouse’s most successful graduates. The event starts at 9 a.m. in the lobby…

A sampling of student opinion in real time.

Sandra Cordova Micek ’91 (@scmicek), senior vice president of marketing for USA TODAY, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Nov. 6, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will speak at 6:30…