Media, Law & Policy
Kimberly Grinberg Prepares for an International Conference on US-Mexico Drug Policy
Third-year law students are busy enough in the spring semester, preparing for final exams, studying for the bar exam, lining up job interviews and looking ahead to Commencement. But in the middle of this crowded schedule, Kimberly Grinberg, a joint…
‘StoryCorps’ to Feature SU Alumna Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77
Physician Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77 and her daughter Dr. Jenna Lester will be the subject of a “StoryCorps” interview, to be broadcast on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Friday, Jan. 26 at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. EST. This interview is…
Newhouse Students, Faculty Win Big in International Student Creative Advertising Competition
Creative advertising students from the Newhouse School have won 55 awards in the Graphis New Talent Annual 2018, marking the school’s best showing ever in the international student creative advertising competition and topping previous wins of 36 awards (2017) and…
Celebrating 140 Years of U.S. Government Documents at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Libraries will celebrate 140 years of membership in the U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO) Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) with a program and exhibition in February. The FDLP ensures that the public has access to federal documents in…
The How and Why of Invoking Executive Privilege
William Banks, a constitutional law scholar and founding director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, is available to discuss the issues of invoking executive privilege as former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon did before the…
The Costs of Dismantling Family Migration
Elizabeth Cohen, Associate Professor of Political Science and a researcher of immigration and citizenship at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Maxwell School, is available to discuss the issues of family migration, where US citizens and immigrants to sponsor family members for visas, also known as chain…
‘Climate Comments’ Website Translates Complex Climate Change Policy into Plain Language
“Climate Comments,” a website designed to make accessible complex environmental regulations and proposals and to inspire individuals to participate in public policy decisions about climate change that affect their lives, has been published by Emily Brown, assistant teaching professor in…
Gerrymandering: foxes guarding the hen house if they promise not to eat too many chickens
Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ who studies the politics of race and ethnicity and director of the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, offered comments on the recent ruling by a judge in North…
Newhouse Journalists Work the Beat to Tell Personal Stories of Minority Police Officers
A group of eight journalism students from the Newhouse School spent the 2016-17 academic year examining a national issue with local implications: police-community relations.
Everyone Loses During a Government Shutdown
Once again, Congress is facing a looming government shutdown as legislators return to Capitol Hill and begin the fight over immigration and budget items. Congress must come to an agreement on these contentious issues by next Friday to avoid a…