Media, Law & Policy
VPA Professor’s New Book Examines President Andrew Jackson’s Rhetoric
Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, examines the rhetoric of the United States’ seventh president, Andrew Jackson, in his new book “Andrew Jackson: A…
Peter Blanck Meets Ecuadorian President, Ministers to Proclaim First UD Building in Ecuador for People with Disabilities
On Jan. 14, Syracuse University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) and the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), met with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, the first lady and Ecuadorian ministers to develop collaborative programs toward an…
Syracuse University at Sundance
When the Sundance Film Festival convenes in Park City, Utah later this month, Syracuse University will be well represented. For the fourth year, a group of 10 film students—five from the Newhouse School and five from the College of Visual…
Newhouse’s Perez Honored as Outstanding Journalism Educator by Crain’s NewsPro
Simon Perez, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism (BDJ) at the Newhouse School, has been named an Outstanding Journalism Educator by Crain’s NewsPro. The honor was published in the January issue. The nomination noted Perez’s “ability to critique and…
Social Media Accountability Project Named Finalist in International ‘AI and the News’ Challenge
“Decoding Democracy: A Social Media Accountability Project,” which is being developed by Rebecca Kelly, assistant professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, has been named a finalist in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) and…
Newhouse Student Selected for BuzzFeed/Instagram VerticalU Video Workshop
When Stefanie Grafstein heard about VerticalU, a new vertical video workshop launched last year by media partners BuzzFeed and Instagram, she jumped at the chance to apply. “I realized that shooting television vertically could be the next big step in…
Maxwell’s MPA Program Launches Data Analytics Area of Study and Internship Options
The Maxwell School’s consistently top-ranked Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program has launched a new area of study in data analytics for public policy, reaffirming the program’s tradition of excellence in preparing graduates with the management and analytic skills to…
College of Law Matriculates Inaugural JDinteractive Class
The College of Law matriculated 32 students into the inaugural JDinteractive (JDi) class in a Jan. 7 ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. JDinteractive is the nation’s first fully interactive online law degree. The ABA-accredited program…
Professor Awarded NEH Fellowship to Study Democratization of Islamic Laws
A Syracuse University professor has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship, supporting research into the complex interplay between democracy and Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) in non-Muslim-majority countries. Yüksel Sezgin, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell…
Guiding Syracuse Students Along Their Path to Becoming Media Entrepreneurs
Though Sean Branagan ’80 aspired to be a magazine writer when he entered the Newhouse School, he discovered his calling elsewhere—in the fast-evolving field of digital media and interactive marketing. A self-described “instigator, entrepreneur, educator and startup coach,” Branagan brought…