Media, Law & Policy
Nike VP will discuss intersection of sport and digital in Sept. 19 talk at Newhouse
The digital revolution is changing everything—including sport. What key lessons from Nike’s digital strategy can individuals and businesses adopt in order to “get in the game” and thrive in a world gone digital? Stefan Olander, vice president of digital sport…
Chinese professors to discuss climate change communication
Mei-ling Hsu and Tsung-Jen Shih, professors at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, will present “A tale of three cities — Taiwan, China and the U.S., comparing climate change communications from media representations to public perceptions” on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at…
Social media become vital tool in business, presidential campaign
When U.S. Sen. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the young Democrat’s victory made history in more ways than one. It not only shattered the color barrier to the highest office in the land; it also heralded social media as a powerful—and powerfully underestimated—strategic tool that aspiring politicians from that day forth would ignore at their own peril.
SU teams with LinkedIn to help students, alumni build career connections
Syracuse University and the world’s largest professional network on the Internet are now further linked to the benefit of SU students and alumni all over the world. SU has joined a select group of higher education institutions that are partnering…
Newhouse School welcomes three new faculty members
Three new faculty members are joining the faculty of Syracuse University’s this fall.
Mindset, Happiness and Law School
Law professor Peter H. Huang found out about the pressures of academic life at a young age. He was 14 when he enrolled at Princeton, and began Ph.D. studies in mathematics just three years later. His mother, who he affectionately…
New Maxwell School Advisory Board chair named
One of America’s most outstanding public servants has been named chair of the Maxwell School’s Advisory Board. Sean O’Keefe, who served as secretary of the navy, administrator of NASA, comptroller and chief financial officer of the Department of Defense and…
College of Law welcomes Class of 2015 and inaugural LL.M. students
The Syracuse University College of Law welcomes its 116th first-year law class on Aug. 20 with 250 students arriving for a weeklong orientation program, including an expanded community service project to help local food pantries. New to campus this year…
Nina Kohn named Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Distinguished Fellow
Nina A. Kohn, professor of law at Syracuse University College of Law, has been named a 2012 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Distinguished Fellow. The fellowship—endowed by Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, distinguished alumna of the University and member of the Board of…
Disability law expert named distinguished professor
Dean Hannah Arterian recently announced that Professor Arlene Kanter was named the Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University College of Law for 2012-14. Kanter teaches courses on U.S., comparative and international disability law and policy; education and…