Media, Law & Policy
Hudson Tunnel Project: Picking the Winners and Losers
David Van Slyke, Dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, is available to talk about the issues surrounding the New York Hudson Tunnel, an infrastructure project to build a new rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey. The Trump administration has made…
From West Virginia Labor Victory to Upcoming Walkout – We’re At a Critical Moment
On March 14, students plan to participate in a national school walkout to honor the lives of the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas High School nearly one month ago, and push lawmakers to pass stricter gun control laws. This…
Ret. Vice Admiral Robert Murrett on North Korea and diplomacy talks
Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett (Ret.), a professor of practice at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and Deputy Director of the Institute of National Security and Counterterrorism, offered comments on the apparent breakthrough with North Korea and its offer to put…
Newhouse Students Chosen for Prestigious News21 National Reporting Initiative
Two students from the Newhouse School are among a group of top journalism students chosen to participate in the prestigious Carnegie-Knight News21 multimedia reporting initiative. The students will conduct a major national investigation into hate crimes in the U.S. The…
Gift Will Fund Professorship, Research in Energy and Environmental Policy
A $250,000 gift from Maxwell School alumnus James Ajello ’76 MPA will create a new professorship in energy and environmental policy while supporting interdisciplinary research projects in that field. The gift, with an initial term of five years, also funds…
University Union, New York Times Present Chelsea Handler April 5
University Union will collaborate with The New York Times on Thursday April 5, at 8 p.m. to hosting the latest edition of “Get With The Times,” the provocative live conversation series for college students, featuring activist, comedian and author Chelsea…
Daniel McDowell on Trump’s Proposed Tariff Changes
Daniel McDowell, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School, offers insight on the political and economic repercussions of President Donald Trump’s proposed 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports.
CRS’s Dana Cloud Publishes Book on Rhetoric and the Circulation of Truth Claims in U.S. Political Culture
Dana L. Cloud, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has published the new book “Reality Bites: Rhetoric and the Circulation of Truth Claims…
Confederate Monument Debate Part of Larger Conversation About Civil War Legacy
Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. He says the debate about Confederate monuments is really part a larger debate about the legacy of the Civil War and the meaning of Confederate military service White…
Is a T-Shirt Covered by the First Amendment?
Roy Gutterman, an assistant professor of communications at the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University, is available to discuss the issues of Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Manksy being argued before the US Supreme Court….