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Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream During a Time of War
The bomb that exploded outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, in the early morning hours of Feb. 24, 2022, abruptly ended Alina Ovcharenko’s slumber. But even before that moment, her sleep was anything but sound that night. Rumors of an impending war…
Prof. Brown Reveals Truth Behind Weight Loss Advice
Harriet Brown, professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School, was featured on the America Dissected podcast episode “Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me.” Prof. Brown appeared on the podcast to talk about the truth behind all of…
Prof. Ortiz Offers Expertise On The Recent Change In Television’s Representation Of Childbirth
Rebecca Ortiz, associate professor of advertising in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Salon article “How TV has embraced the traumatic side of the “dangerous miracle” of childbirth.” The article describes the transition of how giving birth is represented…
How Exactly Did ‘The Harlem Shake’ Get So Big?
Bill Werde, director of the Bandier Program at Newhouse, was interviewed for the MTV News article “What Makes A Hit? The Legacy Of ‘Harlem Shake’ And No. 1 Memes.” This article highlights the tendency of songs that trend across a…
University Preparing to Celebrate Chinese Culture During Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, is a time of hope, representing an opportunity for Asian people everywhere to gather with family and friends to usher out the old year while welcoming in a new year teeming with…
Wave Of Layoffs Results In Huge Surge In LinkedIn Posts
Jennifer Grygiel, associate professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the CNN article “LinkedIn is having a moment thanks to a wave of layoffs.” In this article, Prof. Grygiel talks about the recent surge of LinkedIn posts…
Capstone Thesis Prepares History Alumna for a Journalism Career
While finishing her bachelor’s degree in history, Amy McKeever researched Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning writer Saul Bellow and the New York intellectual community for her capstone thesis. The assignment “was my first real exposure to an intense research project and…
A Gift to Create Agents of Change in Visual Storytelling
When Xin Liu was awarded an Alexia grant more than 30 years ago, it accelerated her career in ways she could not have imagined as a child growing up in China. Today, with her extraordinary $2 million gift to the…
Hendricks Chapel to Host Festive ‘Horns and Harmonies’ Concert Dec. 18
Syracuse University is ringing in the holidays with its third “Horns and Harmonies” concert on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in historic Hendricks Chapel. Free and open to the public, the all-ages show features songs, carols and instrumental classics…
Elon Musk Has The Potential To Completely Change Twitter
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, was featured in the Quartz article “The ways in which Elon Musk could change Twitter on the inside…