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Disability Law Expert Kanter Talks Website Accessibility Case
A court case is pending on the topic, but many strongly believe that businesses must provide accessible websites for the visually impaired. This includes Arlene Kanter, a Professor of Law and the Director of the College of Law Disability Law…
How 280 Characters Influences Twitter and its Users
Twitter used to limit its users聽 to 140 characters. Now, the social media giant has doubled its allowed character count to 280 characters, changing up the landscape of the platform. For Agence Presse-France, Newhouse Professor Jennifer Grygiel spoke about how…
Hebrew Scholar Shines New Light on Old Testament
James W. Watts, professor in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences,聽has written a new book about the ritualizing of the Pentateuch鈥搕he first five books of the Jewish and Christian bibles. 鈥淭he Pentateuch depicts itself as…
Haythornthwaite Recognized with ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor聽Caroline Haythornthwaite聽was recognized with the聽Association for Information Science and Technology鈥檚聽(ASIS&T) 2017 Research in Information Science Award. The award was presented at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting聽recently in Washington, D.C., and recognizes her research contributions to the…
Innovation Orange: EMPOWER Program
EMPOWER is an interdisciplinary graduate education program focused on research at the interface of water and energy cycles. The program provides students with the technical knowledge and professional skills needed to compete for careers in energy, environmental consulting, government, nonprofits, academia and beyond.
Flynn Under Scope of Mueller Investigation
As the investigation into whether or not Russia interfered with the 2016 election, Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser, is in the scope of investigation from special counsel Robert Mueller. 黑料不打烊 Law Professor William Banks spoke with Bloomberg Law…
What Makes the Top-Tier TV Hosts
Forbes just released a list of the nation鈥檚 top-paid TV hosts. At the top ranked Dr. Phil, Ellen DeGeneres and Ryan Seacrest. How were this A-Listers able to top this list? Newhouse Broadcast Professor of Practice聽Les Rose answers in Forbes….
VPA鈥檚 Dana Cloud Receives National Communication Association Top Paper Honor
Dana Cloud, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been awarded the 2017 top paper honor in the GLBTQ Studies Division of the National…
Department of Drama Presents 鈥楾he House of the Spirits鈥
The聽Department of Drama presents 鈥淭he House of the Spirits,鈥 an adaptation of Isabel Allende鈥檚 novel written by playwright Caridad Svich. Svich鈥檚 adaptation is a theatrical response that works to capture the feel of Allende鈥檚 magical realism. 鈥淭he House of the…
Educators Prepare for New State Science Standards at ‘It鈥檚 Go Time! Science for All’ Conference
With new state science standards in effect since July 1, another sold-out crowd of teachers and administrators from across the state will converge on Roxboro Road Middle School聽today for a conference that brings together national leaders in science education; 鈥渓ive鈥…