Media, Law & Policy

The Feb. 18 session of the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) will host Ralph Ketcham, professor emeritus of history, public affairs and political science at SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

CBS News’ Katie Couric will serve as emcee at the fourth annual Mirror Awards luncheon ceremony honoring excellence in media industry reporting.

The 20th anniversary of the Alexia Foundation will be celebrated at the annual Alexia Photojournalism Seminar and Competition on Friday, Feb. 19, and Saturday, Feb. 20, at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Over the past two decades, the foundation has awarded over 25 scholarships for SU students to study photojournalism at SU Abroad in London.

Mexican journalist and human rights activist Lydia Cacho is the 2010 recipient of the Tully Free Speech Award from the Tully Center for Free Speech in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Film director and screenwriter Scott Sanders will visit the Newhouse School on Tuesday, Feb. 23, for the ninth annual “Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media.”

A team of two enterprising undergraduate students in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences placed fifth out of 64 teams that competed in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament

Eliot Spitzer, former governor and attorney general of New York, will speak at the Maxwell School on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Two Syracuse University students are among 10 teams of college journalists from across the country vying for a trip to Hollywood and an opportunity to report from the red carpet and backstage at the 82^nd Academy Awards.

The College of Law is welcoming student teams from eight New York state law schools to compete in the National Trial Competition Region II championship Feb. 5-7.

Syracuse University College of Law kicks off Diversity Week on Monday, Feb. 8, with a variety of daily events.