Media, Law & Policy

Writer and director of ‘Black Dynamite’ discusses the creative and racial challenges of the entertainment industry.

Juliette Lynch, a senior photography student in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, placed first in the student portion of the 20th annual Alexia Photojournalism Competition.

Maxwell School Dean Mitchel Wallerstein will step down at the end of July to become president of Baruch College.

The Communications Law & Policy Society at Syracuse University College of Law will host its 5th Annual Communications Law & Policy Symposium on Saturday, Feb. 20.

As part of its Convocation Lecture Series, the College of Law welcomes New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice John T. Broderick, Jr., on Monday, Feb. 22.

Ted Meyer ’95, director and head of communications for Deutsche Bank in the Americas, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Two teams from Syracuse University’s award-winning undergraduate Mock Trial Program placed fourth and seventh out of 24 teams that competed in the 2010 Finger Lakes Regional American Mock Trial Association Tournament.

Will Kussel, former president and chief brand officer of Dunkin’ Donuts Worldwide, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho receives the 2010 Tully Center Free Speech Award for her exposure of child pornography and sex trafficking in Mexico, despite the obstacles.

Twenty-two students from the Newhouse School are eagerly working behind the scenes as interns for NBC.