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Rick Welsh, Falk Family Endowed Professor in Falk College, was quoted in the Democrat and Chronicle article “Five ways a new bill of rights for farm workers will impact New Yorkers.” In the article, Welsh called the recently passed legislation…

Dennis Deninger, Professor of Practice in Television, Radio and Film in the Newhouse School and professor of practice in Falk College, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio for the story “Why are America’s small-town radio stations folding?”  

Carolyn Hedges, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by Al Jazeera for the story “Does YouTube support hate speech?” Hedges spoke with Al Jazeera’s The Stream to discuss if YouTube “is harboring harassment or an online home…

Syracuse University Senior Associate Vice President for Communications Sarah Scalese issued the following statement:  “The individual in question is no longer a student at Syracuse University. Syracuse University does not tolerate sexual and relationship violence of any kind, including incidents that…

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Think Progress article “Asked about war with Iran, Trump says ‘I don’t do exit strategies’.” In the article, Boroujerdi commented on a potential Iranian response to President…

Mary Lovely, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, was a featured guest on the Knowledge@Wharton program for a segment about the U.S.-China trade dispute. During the podcast, Lovely said that “one can very glibly say, ‘Well you can just get…

Peter Blanck, Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute and University Professor in the College of Law, was quoted in the TIME article, “None of the 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Websites Are Fully Accessible to Disabled Voters.” In the article, Blanck analyzes…

David Driesen, University Professor at the College of Law, wrote the Truthout op-ed “Trump’s persecution of his investigators follows authoritarian playbook.” In the article, Driesen states claims that “Trump is using the law as a weapon to defeat opponents, while…

Kent Syverud, Syracuse University’s Chancellor and President, wrote a commentary for U.S. News & World Report called “Universities Need to Better Serve Military Students and Veterans.”

What this means, said Joel Kaplan, associate dean of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, “is that no one in that community will be covering, on a regular basis, school board meetings, city council meetings, the cops and the courts. Democracy, as we know it, is about to die in Youngstown.”