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Broadcast Professor Hub Brown Named One of Nation’s Top Educators
Hub Brown, Professor of Broadcast and Digital Journalism at the Newhouse School, was recently tabbed by Craine NewsPro as one of the nation’s top 10 journalism educators making a difference in the classroom. From one of his students: “He is…
How Cable News Capitalized in 2017
Cable news had its best year in 2017. Forbes magazine talked to Newhouse Broadcast and Digital Journalism Professor Les Rose to understand why. “It’s indicative of our country at this point,” he said. “We’ve never been more divided, and that…
So What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin surged to the forefront of American culture late in 2017, when prices per coin hit $20,000. However, despite its high value and popularity, many had no real idea what the currency is. American Banker set out to answer that…
Society for New Music Premieres ‘Pushed Aside: Reclaiming Gage’ Jan. 21 at OnCenter
Opera about Lesser-Known Suffragist Has Strong Ties to University, Central New York
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…
Physicist Marchetti Named to Commission on Statistical Physics
Distinguished Professor M. Cristina Marchetti has been elected to the Commission on Statistical Physics as part of a select group of international scientists. The Commission on Statistical Physics (C3) was established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics…
University Endorses Learning Outcomes Assessment to Ensure Academic Program Accountability, Excellence
Four years ago, math Professor Terry McConnell was asked to participate in a series of meetings with faculty to help advance a campuswide culture of assessment and allay any concerns about a Universitywide move toward student learning assessment. McConnell didn’t…
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?
What is the Political Future of NY Governor Cuomo
Maxwell Professor Grant Reeher was recently interviewed by the Press Republican about Governor Andrew Cuomo. Reeher spoke of “two different Cuomos” over the last seven years, with one side focusing on supporting business owners, with the other putting more emphasis…
Native Speaker Will Bring Life to Ghanaian Language in Linguistics Class
The best way to learn the intricacies of a foreign language is through the words of a native speaker. Assistant Professor Christopher Green is making that happen for students who want to explore a particular African language in his spring…