S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is the communications school at Syracuse University. It has programs in print and broadcast journalism; graphic design; advertising; public relations; and television and film.The school was named for publishing magnate Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., who provided the founding gift in 1964.Lorraine Branham has served as dean of the school since 2008. The school includes about 70 full-time faculty members and about 50 adjunct instructors. Enrollment includes some 1,900 undergraduate students; 250 graduate students; and 13 doctoral degree candidates. Undergraduate admissions are highly selective.In December 2011, NewsPro ranked Newhouse as the top journalism school in the country.HistorySyracuse University's former School of Journalism was founded in 1934. That year, Syracuse University became the first university in the nation to offer a college credit radio course. In 1947, SU launched WAER, one of the nation's first college radio stations. With the emergence of television, SU was the first to offer instruction in the field.In 1964, supported by a gift from Samuel I. Newhouse, the Newhouse Communications Complex was officially inaugurated in Newhouse 1, an award-winning building designed by architect I. M. Pei, which housed the School of Journalism. (A year later, the building would be cited as one of the top four honor award winners of the American Institute of Architects.) The building was dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson, who delivered his famous "Gulf of Tonkin Speech" on the Newhouse Plaza.In 1971 the School of Journalism merged with the Television and Radio Department into the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. A second building, Newhouse 2, was dedicated in 1974 with a keynote address by William S. Paley, chairman of the board of CBS.