Newhouse School Video Wall Wins EdScoop 50 University IT Innovation of the Year Award

The Newhouse School has been honored with an EdScoop 50 University IT Innovation of the Year Award for the dynamic digital video display that lines the south wall of the Newhouse I lobby.

EdScoop lauded Samsung’s “The Wall” display, which debuted in fall 2022, for providing a “vibrant canvas for storytelling.” Using a combination of graphics, photos and text, the display welcomes prospective students and visitors with a presentation that conveys the Newhouse School mission and highlights student experiences, awards and accomplishments.

The video allows “future applicants to visualize themselves at the University while serving as a powerful reaffirmation to current Syracuse students of their decision to attend the school,” EdScoop said in announcing the award. (Photo by Genaro C. Armas)

Newhouse partnered with design firm Gensler and audio-visual provider Fusion Digital to support Samsung on the custom installation of five vertical MicroLED screen that work together to create the cohesive video wall.

Built into a wall featuring wood slats, the display captures the attention of prospective students and their families when they begin tours of the three-building Newhouse complex in the Newhouse I lobby outside the school’s Visitors Center.

The video wall elevates the tour experience and allows “future applicants to visualize themselves at the University while serving as a powerful reaffirmation to current Syracuse students of their decision to attend the school,” EdScoop said in announcing the award.

EdScoop lauded Samsung’s “The Wall” display, which debuted in fall 2022, for providing a “vibrant canvas for storytelling.” (Photo by Genaro C. Armas)

EdScoop’s Innovation of the Year honors are awarded to projects that use a “cutting-edge higher education approach to making operations more efficient or improving the student experience that embraces innovation.”