Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Degrees offered

The Newhouse School offers undergraduate degrees and 10 professional master's degree programs in public communications, an academic master's program in media studies, and a Ph.D. in mass communications. Starting fall 2025, the broadcast and digital journalism and magazine, news and digital journalism programs merged into a single journalism major.

Programs and emphasis

Departments include Advertising, Broadcast and Digital Journalism, Magazine, News and Digital Journalism, Public Relations, Television, Radio and Film, and Visual Communications, plus a Department of Communications for media studies and doctoral work. The school is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). Students study in a three-building, 250,000-square-foot complex with multimedia labs, television and photography studios, and sound production facilities.

History

Journalism instruction at Syracuse became a separate School of Journalism in 1934, with Matthew Lyle Spencer as founding dean. In 1932, Syracuse became the first university in the nation to offer a college-credit radio course, and in 1947 it launched WAER, one of the nation's first college radio stations. Supported by a $15 million gift from Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., the Newhouse Communications Complex opened in 1964. The School of Journalism merged with the Department of Television and Radio in 1971 to form the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. In January 2020, Donald E. Newhouse donated $75 million to the school through the Newhouse Foundation.

Key faculty and leadership

Mark Lodato: Dean.

Location and contact info

Website
https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/