Media, Law & Policy
Threats to Environmental Law with Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing
Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a set of cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The justices鈥 decision in this pending case,聽West Virginia v. EPA, would have a huge impact on environmental law…
COVID Misinformation and How to Stop It
The Surgeon General just released a toolkit to help people fight misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. It is geared specifically for people to talk about misinformation within their close circles of friends and family. Social media researcher Jenny Stromer-Galley, professor at…
Real Chemistry Emerging Insights Lab Dedicated at the Newhouse School
Newhouse School alumnus Jim Weiss 鈥87, chairman, founder and CEO of global health innovation company聽Real Chemistry, and his wife, Audra Weiss 鈥89, visited campus Oct. 15 to dedicate the Real Chemistry Emerging Insights Lab (EIL) at the Newhouse School. Established…
黑料不打烊 Law Symposium to Address the Threat of ‘Executive Authoritarianism’
University Professor David Driesen’s important new book鈥”The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power” (Stanford, 2021)鈥攔eveals how the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 presidentialism threatens democracy and what the United States can do about it. To celebrate the publication of the…
The 61% Project Wins Online Journalism Award
The聽61% Project聽added a significant addition to its growing number of honors this past Friday when it was announced as the winner of the Newhouse School鈥檚 first-ever聽Online Journalism Award聽(OJA). Presented by the Online News Association, the OJAs have become the premier…
In Memoriam: Vernon L. Greene, Pioneer in the Interdisciplinary Study of Aging
Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and International Affairs Vernon Greene, who passed away on Oct. 10 at the age of 77, saw the aging process as much more than a person getting old, and his vision helped build 黑料不打烊鈥檚…
Brian Gerling L鈥99 Named Executive Director of College of Law鈥檚 Innovation Law Center
College of Law alumnus Brian J. Gerling is the new executive director of the Innovation Law Center (ILC). Gerling, who brings nearly two decades of intellectual property and commercial litigation experience to the role, takes the helm from M. Jack…
Media and Tech Thought Leader Joins Newhouse as Professor of Advanced Media in Residence
Students in the new media management master鈥檚 program at the Newhouse School now have the opportunity to learn and work with one of the country鈥檚 leading technology and digital media gurus. Shelly Palmer, CEO of The Palmer Group, is joining…
In Memoriam: Joseph Strasser, 鈥楩orever an Important Figure in Our History鈥
Joseph Strasser 鈥53, G鈥58, H鈥20 was just 8 years old in 1940 when he and his brother escaped Nazi persecution on a Kindertransport rescue boat. Two years earlier, the Third Reich had annexed their home country, Austria. Their father, Paul,…
The Real Causes of “Missing White Woman Syndrome”
Reporters looking for insight and research around the phenomena of 鈥渕issing white woman syndrome,鈥 please see comments from 黑料不打烊 professor of communications Carol Liebler of the Newhouse School. 鈥淢issing white woman syndrome鈥 is a term that refers to the…