The Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University is excited to announce it raised $30,500 for Food Bank of Central New York at its 9th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on December 7th, Food Bank supporters placed bids on hundreds of items, including sports memorabilia, electronics and tickets to major sporting events. Following the silent auction, the Club hosted an online auction, in collaboration with Steiner Sports Memorabilia, which showcased a number of premium items up for bid. All proceeds from these efforts benefited Food Bank of Central New York. “As a result of months…
The Daily Inspiration feature in The Syracuse Post-Standard and its online companion, Syracuse.com, presents the expertise of community thought leaders on topics of interest locally for personal reflection and enrichment. In addition to his faculty role in the Falk College’s School of Social Work, Dr. Keith Alford is a member of the InterFaith Works Board of Directors and was the featured author of the Daily Inspiration column for a week in February 2014. The inspirations are connected to Prof. Alford’s research focus, which includes cultural diversity, mental health service delivery, contemporary rites of passage programming, and loss/grief reactions.
Rodney Paul, professor of sport management, and SPM students Matt Filippi, Greg Ackerman, and Zack Albright co-authored a research paper that will be presented at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Feb. 28-Mar. 1 in Boston. Their research paper, “The Effects of Atmospheric Conditions on Pitchers,” studied the impact of air density on pitch selection and pitcher performance. It was one of sixteen papers selected (8 for presentation and 8 for posters) from more than 300 submissions worldwide. Matt Filippi, president of the Baseball Statistics Club, will represent the group at the conference. Student members of SU’s Baseball Statistics Club…
We would like to invite all interested CFS graduate students to participate in a monthly Research Colloquium that focuses on SEM. The seminar will include presentations, discussions around readings, and hands-on experience with AMOS software. The seminar will meet the first Friday of the month starting in February 2014 from 1– 2:30 p.m. in the Ostrom classroom. The first topic will be: An Introduction to SEM with Drs. Rachel Razza and Matthew Mulvaney. This event is sponsored by the CFS Graduate Committee and the Student Council on Family Relations (SCFR).
Dr. Jaipaul L. Roopnarine was awarded a Nehru Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Gujarat, India, during the Spring 2014 semester. His appointment in the Department of Human Development and Family Science recognizes his distinguished cross-cultural research and perspectives in Early Childhood Care and Education, fathering and family, according to department chair, Dr. Rajalakshmi Sriram. “We have had many leading scholars visit the department that has resulted in rich exchange of cross cultural perspectives in collaborative work,” notes Sriram. “The appointment is made to eminent scholars from within and outside India for lectures and discussions.” Roopnarine…
In the 1990s, many economists disdained sports economics as a field for specialization. But, as someone who had played and watched sports his whole life, Rodney Paul went against that advice he heard in graduate school. Paul had an extensive sports CV: playing basketball and baseball in high school, basketball and tennis in college; playing street hockey growing up, starting a club hockey team in graduate school; coaching basketball. While finishing his dissertation – a time-series analysis of savings rates across countries – and working as an adjunct professor, he followed an instinct and began studying on the effects of…
The importance of a professional presence in social media for dietitians and other nutrition professionals will be the focus of an interactive presentation by Falk College nutrition alumni and registered dietitians, Lauren Carey, RD, CLT, and Allison Marco, MS, RD, LDN, Friday, Jan. 31, 12:45-1:45 p.m. in Newhouse III, Room 141. Open to the campus community, the presentation entitled, “Using Technology and Social Media to Leverage Your Career in Dietetics,” will explore the growing use of social media in dietetics practice and why it is one of the most important elements in the professional toolkit of today’s dietitians. The presentation…
The Nutrition Education Promotion Association (NEPA) will host Brian Wansink, Ph.D., to speak on the topic of mindless eating Feb. 26, 2014 in the Life Science Building, Room 001 at 7:00 p.m. The community is invited to attend this lecture. Dr. Wansink is the John Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, directing the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. He has been the Executive Director of USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, which is the federal agency charged in creating the 2010 Dietary Guidelines. He has authored numerous research articles and books, including…
Debra Connolly, dietetic internship coordinator, Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, was recently named Public Policy Chair for the New York State Dietetic Association (NYSDA) by the organization’s president elect , Molly Morgan, RD, CDN . She has started training for this role and will officially begin her term in June, 2014. In this role, she will serve as key connection between the Academy Of Nutrition and Dietetics ( AND) government relations and grassroots leaders on Academy public policy stances and processes. She will support Academy requests for action on federal legislative issues. She will maintain communication with…
Jaime Grillo started as an internship placement coordinator in Sport Management in December 2013. Previously, she worked as an academic counselor at Syracuse University in The College of Arts and Sciences. As an academic counselor she worked with a diverse population, ranging from students who are on academic probation to students who are pursuing Pre-Law and Pre-Health professions. Prior to working at Syracuse University, Jaime served as interim head softball coach at Colgate University for 2011-2012. From 2007-2011, she implemented a Retention Program and served as a retention counselor for On Point for College, Inc., a non-profit educational organization whose…
