Media, Law & Policy
Newhouse Foundation Announces Intention to Pledge $75 Million to Syracuse Universityās S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation has announced its intention to pledge $75 million to Syracuse Universityās S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, which will be the largest gift in the Universityās 150-year history. Donald E. Newhouse ā51 made the announcement…
Knight Foundation Funds Research on Paid Political Ads on Social Media
Research that sheds light on messaging in the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign ads on social media has received funding support from theĀ John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Foundation has awarded $148,000 to support Illuminating 2020, a project spearheaded…
College of Law and Martin J. Whitman School of Management Launch Nationās First Online Joint J.D./MBA Degree
The College of Law announces the launch of the nationās first online joint J.D./MBA degree program, in partnership with the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The new joint degree combines the College of Lawās ground-breaking, ABA-accredited JDinteractive program with…
Call for entries: 2020 Mirror Awards
Syracuse Universityās S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the 14th annualĀ Mirror AwardsĀ competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The deadline is Feb. 10, 2020. Anyone may nominate, and there is no fee to enter. Entries…
Finding Stories in the Numbers
When magazine, news and digital journalism (MND) Assistant Professor Alex Richards first studied journalism at the University of Missouri, he wanted to be a science journalist. After taking a computer-assisted journalism course, however, he realized that there is power in…
Newhouse NYC Event Explores Diversity and Inclusion in Media
Around 60 students and alumni gathered at the Fisher Center in midtown Manhattan last month for a panel discussion hosted by Newhouse NYC, the Newhouse Schoolās satellite campus program. The discussion, āDiversity in Media,ā was moderated byĀ Ana CeppiĀ ā86, senior vice…
From ‘Justice for Jenny’ to Justice for All: Burton Blatt Institute Redefines ‘Supported Decision Making’
Think about all the decisions you make in your life. From where you work, to what you eat, to whom you associate with, to where you live, to politicians you vote forāhuman lives are ruled by myriad decisions that people,…
Kyle Rosenblum ’20 Is Named University’s First Schwarzman Scholar
Kyle Rosenblum, a senior policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Schwarzman Scholar. He…
With the Innovation Law Centerās Help, a SUNY-ESF Professor āTicks Awayā at a Growing Bug Problem
The world measures 510 million square kilometers in surface area. Think about how small you are on that scale. Now think about somethingāan arachnidāeven smaller, around 10 millimeters at biggest. One would assume that such a small speck couldnāt possibly…
Newhouse, iSchool Partner to Host a Data-Driven Art Exhibition on Democracy in the Digital Age (Canceled)
[Update, Nov. 19, 2019: This event has been canceled.] āDemocracy in the Digital Age: Does It Exist?ā is a data-driven, interactive art exhibition produced by students in the Newhouse School and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) that seeks to…