Media, Law & Policy
WAER’s ‘City Limits’ Project Examines Syracuse’s Alarming Poverty Rate
WAER Public Media recently launched “City Limits,” a year-long audio journalism project that examines the living and socio-economic conditions behind the alarming poverty rate in Syracuse. According to the U.S. Census Report, Syracuse’s poverty rate was the 13th worst in…
Newhouse Alumni in the Social Space
As part of the Newhouse in New York semester, Newhouse School students have the opportunity to hear from various alumni throughout the communications industry–which now especially includes social media. Many students hope to graduate and one day work for major social platforms…
Making the Unthinkable Understandable: New Course Trains Students to Understand and Respond to Atrocities
Uncovering and communicating the truths about human conflict, human suffering and human rights violations is a complicated but vitally important task that often falls to those who write the “first rough draft of history”—that is, journalists operating on the front…
Innovation Orange: Associate Professor Makana Chock
Chock studies the way people respond within in the virtual reality environment. What makes a person turn left rather than right, or choose to interact with one object over another?
Newhouse PR Program Named Finalist in PRWeek Awards Competition
The public relations program in the Newhouse School has been named a finalist for the PRWeek Award in the Outstanding Education Program category. Finalists in all PRWeek Award categories were announced Dec. 6. Newhouse’s PR program was named by PRWeek…
College of Law Holds Commencement Ceremony for Master of Laws Graduates
The College of Law celebrated the graduation of nine master of laws in American law students—representing seven countries across three continents—at a Commencement ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall on Dec. 1. Introducing the graduates, Dean…
Corri Zoli Participates in UN Counterterrorism Conference
On Nov. 15 and 16, Corri Zoli, director of research for the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) and a research assistant professor in the Maxwell School, represented Syracuse University at two United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED)…
Clarke Honored with ALISE Dissertation Award
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award, given by the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). The award recognizes dissertations that deal with substantive issues related to…
VPA Student to Appear on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’
What started as a search for theater auditions turned out to be a million-dollar opportunity for Jesse Scheinbart ’18, a music major from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. “It happened so fast,” says Scheinbart, who was selected as…
Expert Commentary: Systematic Doping Not Seen Since East Germany of the 70s and 80s
Attorney John Wolohan, a professor of Sports Law in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, is available to speak to the issues surrounding Russia being banned from the 2018 winter Olympics in South Korea. Wolohan , who…