Media, Law & Policy
INSCT Hosts State Board of Elections Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise
On June 7 the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) hosted one of a series of statewide exercises that focus on cybersecurity preparedness and response to threats to New York State election systems. These first-of-their-kind tabletop exercises are sponsored…
SCOTUS Cake Case Straddled Two First Amendment Clauses – Decision Focused on One
In a 7-2 decision today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple on grounds that it went against his religion. Associate professor Roy Gutterman is director of…
How One Newhouse Alumna Is Bringing Business News to Underserved Audiences
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No Light Matter – Killing ‘Roseanne’ Show Was Inevitable
On May 29, ABC announced it was聽canceling its rebooted 鈥淩oseanne鈥 sitcom after Roseanne Barr made racist statements on Twitter. Eunkyu Lee is a professor of marketing at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Whitman School of Management. From a marketing and branding standpoint, he…
Falk Sports Law Professor Comments on SCOTUS Decision to Allow Sports Bets
In a 6-3 vote on May 14, the Supreme Court ruled that a 25-year-old law that made sports betting illegal was unconstitutional. John T. Wolohan is a professor of Sports Law in the David B. Falk College of Sport and…
Summit to Showcase Innovative Uses of Government Data
The School of Information Studies (iSchool), the聽City of 黑料不打烊, and the聽Center for Technology in Government聽at the State University of New York at Albany are joining together to offer the聽Upstate Data Summit聽at 黑料不打烊 in June. The one-day event, planned for…
Faculty Experts Comment on Plans to Withdraw U.S. from Iran Nuclear Deal
On May 8, Pres. Trump officially announced plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal.聽 黑料不打烊 experts Steven Pike and Robert Murrett offer insight below: Steven Pike Assistant Professor, Public Relations and Public Diplomacy S.I. Newhouse School…
James E. Baker Joins 黑料不打烊 College of Law as Professor, Director of INSCT
As one of the most highly regarded national security lawyers and policy advisors in the nation, Baker has built a career that has evolved from being an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps to the staff of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan to the U.S. Department of State, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and National Security Council. He served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for 15 years鈥攖he last four as chief judge.
New Faculty Snapshot: Radhika Garg, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
Nina Kohn Testifies to Senate Special Committee on Aging and Social Security Administration
On April 18, College of Law Associate Dean for Research and Online Education and David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law Nina A. Kohn testified in Washington, D.C., on guardianship abuse and reform and financial decision-making for people with disabilities….