Media, Law & Policy
Dean Van Slyke Appointed by US Secretary of Defense to Defense Business Board Task Force
As the first academic scholar appointed to the Defense Business Board, Maxwell Dean David M. Van Slyke joins a select group of business executives appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to help make the department stronger and more efficient….
‘When Will the ‘Resurgence’ Come?’
Brian Sheehan is a professor of advertising in the Newhouse School and a former top advertising executive. As we start to think about economic recovery from Covid-19, the key question for our industry is ‘how quickly will advertising spend come…
Students Release Inaugural Newhouse 44 New Voices List
In an effort to identify and amplify the voices of today’s media trailblazers, a group of Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity students has launched Newhouse 44 New Voices in Journalism and Civic Engagement, a project of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship in…
‘China and US Must Cooperate to Lead World Out of Coronavirus Danger’
James B. Steinberg is a University Professor of social science, international affairs and law, and former dean of the Maxwell School. He is also a former U.S. deputy secretary of state. “The international response to the COVID pandemic is a…
VPA’s Phillips Co-Authors New Book on Navigating Polluted Information
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has published a new book online (open access) with co-author Ryan M. Milner. “You Are Here: A Field Guide for…
‘The Pandemic Exposed A Painful Truth: America Doesn’t Care Â鶹ƵµÀ Old People’
Nina Kohn is the David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law in the College of Law. “Across America—and beyond—we are losing our elders not only because they are especially susceptible [to COVID-19]. They’re also dying because of a more entrenched…
‘The Postal Service is Essential to National Security’
Osamah F. Khalil is an associate professor of history in the Maxwell School. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of medical and food supply chains as well as the importance of often overlooked and underpaid service workers, Khalil says…
Newhouse Alumnus Rani Raad ’97 Named President of CNN Commercial
Rani Raad ’97, an alumnus of the Newhouse School, has been named president of CNN Commercial. The newly created division centralizes the management and strategy of all CNN commercial activity. Raad reports to Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide and…
Finalists Announced in 2020 Mirror Awards Competition
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2020 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced June 11 at mirrorawards.syr.edu. The finalists, selected by a group of journalists and…
‘Trump’s Quislings’
David Driesen is a University Professor in the College of Law. The Founding Fathers and many of their most respected successors warned that giving the President unfettered control of the executive branch of government would lead to a quisling government…