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Professor Evan Smith Comments on Roseanne Barr’s Future Career
Not only did Roseanne lose her show, she also has been dropped from her talent agency, ICM. Evan Smith, a professor in the television, radio and film department of the Newhouse School, explains how ICM is a top agency in the…
Kathrine Switzer’s Words of Wisdom from 2018 Commencement Speech
“Adversity can give you the greatest opportunity,” said Kathrine Switzer, Syracuse University alumna, and the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon in 1967. Switzer had the chance to give a commencement speech to SU’s graduating class. She went into…
TRAC Data Cited in Asylum Story
Research from The Transactional Records Clearinghouse was recently used by several media outlets to discuss immigration and asylum cases within the United States. It was specifically used in a Los Angeles Times article entitled “How likely are asylum-seekers from Central…
Poet Discusses Life With a Seeing-Eye Dog
Poet and School of Education professor Stephen Kuusisto recently joined Atlanta’s WABE radio station to discuss his new memoir, Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey. The work details his encounter with his first seeing eye dog Corky, who he…
Subliminal Advertising in ‘Uncle Drew’ Movie
NBA star Kyrie Irving is set to hit the big screen soon for his new movie Uncle Drew. While the film looks to entertain, it also has some subliminal advertising hidden within. This comes from Pepsi, who started the Uncle…
Travel Ban ‘Slippery Slope’ for POTUS, Says Law Professor
“Lawyers call this a slippery slope argument. The slippery slope dominated the oral argument on the legality of the administration’s travel ban before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii. No justice suggested that a sound national security rationale undergirds…
Goldberg Featured in InterFaith Series
Professor emeritus Alan Goldberg recently wrote an opinion piece for the Post Standard as a part of the feature series with InterFaith Works of CNY. Goldberg entitled his work “We Are All Immigrants,” writing a story about POWs in WWII….
The New Way to Successfully Crowdfund
Makana Chock, an associate professor of communications at the Newhouse School, recently spoke with The Week about the future of crowdfunding, and how some companies are succeeding in earning more donations thanks to evoking feelings and emotions within donors. “There…
Social Media Sites Aim to Screen Content
In a time of fake news and hateful messages being spread online, Twitter and other social media sites are aiming to find out the best way to filter content so that these words cannot be sent out. Jennifer Grygiel, a…
Talks Continue Over Ending North Korean Nuclear Program
James Steinberg, a former deputy secretary of state for the Obama administration, recently spoke with Voice of America about the ongoing talks regarding the potential end of North Korea’s nuclear program. He discussed the relationships between both North and South…