The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is a communications school at Syracuse University. It was named for newspaper publisher Samuel I. Newhouse, who donated $15 million to the university for a journalism school. Designed by I.M. Pei, the school was dedicated on August 6, 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. A second building, called Newhouse II, was built in 1974. Ground was broken for a third building on November 12, 2005. That building is scheduled to be completed in Fall 2007. Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. ... Samuel Irving Newhouse (1895 - 1979) was a U.S. broadcasting businessman, magazine and newspaper publisher. ... Ieoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘 pinyin Bèi Yùmíng) is a Chinese American architect born in Suzhou, China on April 26, 1917. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... LBJ redirects here. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

Considered the most prestigious school of communications; the Newhouse School is best known for its broadcast journalism, newspaper, and public relations programs. The school also has programs in media studies, television/radio/film, advertising, print journalism, photography, speech communication, and media management. Graduates of Newhouse have gone on to positions with NBC, ESPN, The New York Times, Reuters and The Associated Press, among others. NBC, the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... ESPN (once an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Notable Newhouse Alumni

• Bob Costas - Sportscaster, NBC (did not graduate)
• William Safire - Columnist, The New York Times
• Merrilee Cox - News Director, ABC News Radio
• Steve Kroft - Reporter, CBS News
• Bob Dotson - Reporter, NBC News
• Beth Mowens - Sportscaster, ESPN
• Mike Tirico - Sportscaster, ABC Sports
• Aaron Sorkin - Television writer and producer
• Marv Albert - Sportscaster, MSG Network
• Patti Adcroft - Editor-in-Chief, Seventeen Magazine
• Maria Sansone - Video Jockey for MtvU and part-time CBS Sports reporter
• Ted Koppel - Nightline Anchor, ABC
• Bob Sacha - Photographer for National Geographic, Fortune etc

Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952 in Queens, New York) is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s. ... William L. Safire on NBCs Meet The Press with Tim Russert. ... Steve Kroft is an American journalist. ... Bob Dotson is an American broadcast journalist employed by NBC News. ... Mike Tirico is a commentator for ESPN/ABC. He has been host of ABC Sports golf coverage since 1996. ... Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born on June 9, 1961 in New York City) is a American screenwriter, producer and playwright. ... Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig on June 12, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is a television and radio sportscaster, honored for his work as a member in the Basketball Hall of Fame. ... Maria Sansone (born February 26, 1981) is a US Video Jockey for MtvU and part-time CBS Sports reporter. ... Martha Quinn was one of the original MTV veejays. ... CTN redirects here. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... Photo by Bob DAmico/ABC Ted Koppel, anchor of the ABC News program Nightline. ...

External links

• S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications