Media, Law & Policy
Filmmakers Robert Katz, Douglas Quin to present ‘Were the House Still Standing’ April 12
Filmmakers Robert Katz and Douglas Quin will discuss testimony, digital storytelling and the role of art in interpreting the Holocaust and its legacy, and will host a screening of their film “Were the House Still Standing: Maine Survivors and Liberators Remember the Holocaust” at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, April 12.
Newhouse School to hold Media Literacy Day for local sixth-graders April 16
The Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 65 sixth grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Edward Smith Elementary School on Friday, April 16, for Newhouse’s annual Media Literacy Day.
Bloomberg, Twitter to be honored at Mirror Awards luncheon
The S.I. Newhouse School has announced that Bloomberg will receive the Fred Dressler Achievement Award and Twitter will receive the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the fourth annual Mirror Awards luncheon ceremony June 10.
Former Dunkin’ Donuts president Will Kussell to visit Newhouse School April 15
Will Kussell, former president and chief brand officer of Dunkin’ Donuts Worldwide, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, April 15, as part of the Advertising Leadership Speaker Series.
Nielsen vice president Pete Blackshaw to visit Newhouse School April 5
Pete Blackshaw, executive vice president of digital strategic services for Nielsen, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, April 5, as part of the school’s Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3.
TRAC releases annual report on IRS operations
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) has released the latest edition of its annual report on the operations of the Internal Revenue Service.
SU College of Law’s Cooney Colloquium begins spring series on inhuman subjects
During the month of April, distinguished lecturers will come to SU for discussions on “Inhuman Subjects: Critiquing the Limits of Humanism, Human Rights, and the Humanities” as part of The Angela S. Cooney Colloquium on Law and Humanities.
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Volkan to speak at ‘Translating Peace’ event Thursday at Maxwell School
Vamik Djemal Volkan, emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia and a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will be the keynote speaker for “Translating Peace: Multicultural Responses to Conflict and Disaster,” a panel to be held Thursday, April 1 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Public Events Room, 220 Eggers Hall.
LA Times video director Scott Anger to visit Newhouse School on Wednesday
Scott Anger, director of video for the Los Angeles Times, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, March 31.
Wasylenko to serve as interim dean of the Maxwell School
Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today named Senior Associate Dean Michael J. Wasylenko the interim dean-designate of the Maxwell School.