Human Development & Family Science News
From Classroom to Community, HDFS Senior Prepares for Career in Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Madalyn Tallo has spent much of her spring semester at Grimshaw Elementary, a local an elementary school, working with an occupational therapist. Occupational therapy is designed to help people of all ages to participate in life activities that are important to them. And it’s what Madalyn plans to do with her career...
Falk students, faculty, staff honored at One University celebration
Several members of the Falk College community were recognized for excellence at the 2021 One University Awards including Dean Diane Lyden Murphy, Margaret Voss, Brooks Gump, Merril Silverstein, Claire Cooke '21, Brittany Kmush, David Larsen, and Pruthvi Kilaru '18, G'20...
Watch Falk College’s Commencement and Convocation Ceremonies
Congratulating the Class of 2021 for their achievements, Chancellor Kent Syverud delivered Commencement remarks in the stadium during the ceremony Saturday, May 22. Falk College also presented a live virtual Convocation at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 22…
HDFS Student Awards 2021
The Department of Human Development & Family Science had their 2021 Virtual End of the Year Celebration on May 14th and was pleased to recognize the outstanding work of its undergraduate and graduate students for excellence. Watch a recording of the virtual ceremony below: Undergraduate Student Awards Anuoluwapo Mary Omole Bernice M. Wright Memorial Award This award is given to an outstanding unde…
Congratulations Class of 2021!
Along with Dean Murphy, the entire Falk College community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, community partners and friends, congratulates the Class of 2021! Over the past several weeks, departments across Falk College honored student achievements...
Discovering Her Passions
Senior Ashlyn Friedberg discovers her career passions and pursues a field of school psychology. After graduation, Ashlyn knows exactly where she’s going, but it was not that way when she was starting College...
Senior says HDFS major was “the perfect fit”
Human development and family science (HDFS) junior interns at an elementary school while preparing for a social work career. Jordyn Joel grew up in a family of 5—her parents, a brother and sister who are twins, plus her dog, Harley, in Long Island, NY. “I have always had an interest in family dynamics,” she says...
Chandice Haste-Jackson Appointed Interim Director of First-Year Seminar Program
Chandice Haste-Jackson, associate teaching professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science in Falk College, has been appointed interim director of the First-Year Seminar course, effective Feb. 1, 2021.
Talking to Kids About Race and Ethnicity
A professor of human development and family science discusses the importance of socialization, particularly among ethnic-racial minority families. How parents talk to their kids about racial inequality and trauma has taken on a sense of urgency, states Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, a researcher in Syracuse University’s Falk College. “Ethnic-racial socialization is positively linked to better academic out…
Human Development and Family Science Newsletter Highlights Research, Alumni Careers, and More
For more than 90 years, the work of the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) faculty, staff, students, and alumni has transformed communities locally, nationally, and globally. The HDFS department prepares students by offering the scientific study of human development, from infancy to end of life, through cultures and contexts. The program continues to flourish and has been co…