Media, Law & Policy
Maxwell School’s Center for Policy Research names new director
A leading researcher on child and family policy and co-author of two recent Pew Charitable Trusts studies on economic mobility, Leonard Lopoo, has been named director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program…
Newhouse 2, Part 2
$18 million renovation will bring school fully into digital age
SU Voices: “FCC vs. Fox”
by Roy Gutterman Curse words and nudity, even fleeting or spontaneous profanity and brief naked bodies may still be off-limits on broadcast television, but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to issue clearer guidelines and standards with plenty of notice…
Newhouse’s Harper will train African journalists as part of New Narratives team
Ken Harper, assistant professor in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has been named director of digital and visual media for New Narratives, a team of leading African journalists using the power of media to transform their countries….
Maxwell Professor Ralph Ketcham receives Onondaga Citizens League Civic Education Award
Onondaga Citizens League announced the recipient of the 2012 Levi L. Smith Civic Education Award at its annual meeting on June 6. Ralph Ketcham, professor emeritus of history, public affairs and political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…
Winners announced in 2012 Mirror Awards competition
Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications presented seven journalism awards Wednesday, June 13, at the sixth annual Mirror Awards ceremony. The event, emceed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, was held at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Pictures from the…
Leo Hindery Jr. to present John M. Higgins Award at Newhouse’s Mirror Awards ceremony
Leo Hindery Jr., managing partner with InterMedia Partners, will present the inaugural John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting at the Newhouse School’s sixth annual Mirror Awards ceremony, to be held June 13. The luncheon event, which will take…
Newhouse broadcast students honored with college AP awards
Students from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications picked up first-place and special mention awards in the college portion of the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s annual news awards competition. Awards were given at a ceremony…
Newhouse student Sawyer Rosenstein speaks at shuttle landing
Sawyer Rosenstein, a sophomore in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, spoke at the landing of the Space Shuttle Enterprise at John F. Kennedy International Airport last month. Rosenstein was invited to speak by the president of the…
Recent grad Andrew Nerviano ’12 receives prestigious fellowship based in Norway
Andrew Nerviano ’12, a recent graduate of the Newhouse School’s television-radio-film (TRF) program, has been awarded a year-long post-graduate fellowship in music recording and production at Stavanger University in Norway. This is the first time a Newhouse student has been…