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Despite Doubts, Here鈥檚 How Venezuela Will Charge Cryptocurrency Chase
According to reports, the Venezuelan 鈥減etro鈥 cryptocurrency raised $750 million in the first day of the聽pre-sale phase of its Initial Coin Offering. The “petro” ICO聽is most significant as a historical milestone for distributed ledger technology adoption. Associate professor Lee McKnight…
How Billy Graham Contributed to Social Change, and Reached Across Lines of Demarcation
Rev. Billy Graham has died at the age of 99. He was one of the most well-known Christian evangelists in the United States and in the world. Margaret Thompson is an associate professor of history and political science聽in the Maxwell…
First Amendment Expert Explains Online Threat Case
Roy Gutterman, associate professor at the Newhouse School and the Director of The Tully Center for Free Speech, discussed the free speech issues of a man accused of making threatening statements on Facebook. 鈥淭his falls under what we call the…
Law Expert Banks on Russian Indictments
In the New York Daily News, INSCT Founding Director William Banks spoke about the recent indictments that special counsel Robert Mueller filed against Russian nationals and businesses he called聽a聽wide-ranging effort to undermine聽the 2016 presidential election, 鈥淭hese indictments remind us that…
Law Professor Kevin Noble Maillard Talks to MSNBC on the Meaning of ‘Black Panther’ Film
黑料不打烊 Law professor Kevin Noble Maillard recently joined MSNBC for a segment on the new film 鈥楤lack Panther,鈥 and how the movie can go beyond the screen to educate America and beyond. With a predominantly African-American cast, many see the…
What We Know About School Shootings, and What Can be Done
In an op-ed for the New York Times,聽Erica Goode, visiting assistant professor of newspaper and online journalism at the Newhouse School, writes about authorities and researchers have learned about school shootings and how to better prevent them. 鈥淰iolence is, of…
Indictment Reveals Social Marketing Expertise Used By Russian Government, Specialists
On February 16, more than a dozen Russian nationals and three Russian entities were indicted on charges that they interfered with the U.S. election. The charges were brought by Special Counsel Robert Muller, who has been investigating reports of meddling…
Maxwell Associate Professor Shannon Monnat on Solving the Opioid Crisis
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and the Lerner聽 Chair for Public Health Promotion, was recently featured as an expert panelist for a New York Times article regarding the opioid crisis in America. The article featured a hypothetical: given $100…
Perez Honored by BEA for Hard News Reporting
Simon Perez, associate professor of聽broadcast and digital journalism聽at the Newhouse School, has been honored by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) as part of the Festival of Media Arts. Perez won in the Faculty News Competition, Television Hard News Reporting category,…
Critical Cuts to US Cyber Standards Agency Leaves Us Vulnerable
According to recent reports, the Trump Administration鈥檚 new fiscal 2019 funding plan includes cuts to the National Institute of Standards and Technology 鈥 a group that oversees measurement standards, including those in the cybersecurity field. Shiu-Kai Chin is an electrical…