Media, Law & Policy
What Can Russia Expect From a Biden Presidency?
In January 2020, former Vice President Joseph Biden pledged to not only 鈥渋mpose real costs on Russia鈥 for its transgressions at home and abroad but also 鈥渞enew the U.S. commitment to arms control for a new era.鈥 As such, it…
What Election Results Reveal About LGBTQ+ Winners and Voters
In what鈥檚 being called the rainbow wave, dozens of LGBTQ+ candidates captured historic wins in the 2020 U.S. elections, including the election of the first openly transgender person for a State Senate seat and the first gay and Afro-Latino and…
Peace Corps, Fulbright Evacuees Find Community, Opportunity at Maxwell School
On a Monday morning in mid-March, Jeremy Gonzalez opened his email and learned he was being immediately evacuated from his Peace Corps post in West Timor, Indonesia. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had already prompted travel restrictions around the world, his…
New Threats, Familiar Challenges: Maxwell School Responds to COVID-19
How are scholars and practitioners across policy areas鈥攅conomics, public health, education, social welfare鈥攔esponding to the myriad impacts of the novel coronavirus? That鈥檚 what Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Colleen Heflin wanted to know, and who better to ask…
Anticipating Environmental, Climate Policy Under Next President
What could the future of environmental and climate policy in the U.S. look like under a continued Donald Trump administration or a new Joe Biden presidency? Mark Nevitt is an associate professor of law and an expert in environmental and…
‘What’s Behind Trump’s Project to Defund ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions?”
Austin Kocher, Whitman Faculty Fellow in the Transactional Research Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), wrote an op-ed for The Hill titled 鈥淲hat鈥檚 behind Trump鈥檚 project to defund 鈥榓narchist jurisdictions?鈥欌 Kocher鈥檚 research interests include the political and legal geographies of policing and immigration….
Memorial Service for Late Newhouse Instructor Sherri Taylor Set for Thursday
A memorial service honoring late Newhouse instructor Sherri Taylor will be held Thursday, Oct. 29, at 5 p.m. ET on Zoom. Taylor died Oct. 19 following a long illness. During more than 30 years as an instructor of graphic design…
‘The Right To Vote Is 鈥榯he Essence of a Democratic Society.鈥 Exercise It.’
Roy Gutterman, associate professor of newspaper and online journalism and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, wrote an op-ed for 黑料不打烊.com titled 鈥淭he right to vote is 鈥榯he essence of a democratic society.鈥 Exercise…
Newhouse School Establishes Scholarship Program in Memory of Late Dean Lorraine Branham
Mark J. Lodato, dean of the Newhouse School, announced the establishment of the Lorraine Branham Scholarship Program. Used primarily to recruit and support Newhouse students from socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and other underrepresented groups, the program will provide under-resourced, talented students…
‘The Election Will Bring a Hurricane of Misinformation’
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, authored an op-ed for Wired: 鈥淭he Election Will Bring a Hurricane of Misinformation.鈥 Phillips, an expert on disinformation and political communication, says the…