Combining historically accurate military and espionage details, David B. Falk professor of sport management Rick Burton ’79 published The Darkest Mission. The novel follows the crew of a doomed 100th Bomb Group B-17 bomber through a 50-year odyssey targeting one of America’s most honored public figures. With a whirlwind plot, it falls to a South Boston detective, turning to an NFL-linebacker-turned-priest, to explain one clue (a Bible verse that does not exist). It leads to a series of gritty homicides and a puzzle-filled plot that ends with a blazing conclusion.
Sport management instructor Patrick Ryan serves as a community advisor for the Syracuse City School District’s Institute of Technology. This program is focused on developing the skills that will prepare Syracuse high school students for future careers in Central New York.
On April 17, the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics hosted approximately 30 admitted students invited to join the Class of 2015 as part of Syracuse University’s Multicultural Admitted Student Spring Reception. The evening gave students an opportunity to meet one another as well as hear from the dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics , Diane Lyden Murphy, and College Admissions director, Felicia Otero and recruiting specialist Annette Hodgens, along with other faculty and staff of the College. The gathering included a special dinner from Syracuse’s world-famous Dinosaur Barbecue restaurant.
Perfluorochemicals, or PFCs, have been used in the manufacture and processing of many household items since the mid-1950s. Daily human exposure to PFCs may result from non-stick cookware, food packaging, paints and coatings, and waterproof fabrics. Today, PFCs are associated with attention and behavior problems in children, which was detailed in recently published research by associate professor of public health, Brooks Gump, in the June 17, 2011 edition of Environmental Science and Technology. In this study, Gump and a collaborative research team found that increasing levels of PFCs in children’s blood were associated with an impaired ability to inhibit responses…
Caring for a chronically ill family member can often be the reason for an individual’s emotional hardship, physical stress, and social isolation. But there are skill-building, coping, and psychoeducational programs that continue to emerge in communities to help caregivers meet the changes and challenges in their – as well as the patients’ – lives. Deborah J. Monahan, professor, School of Social Work, and interim associate dean of research, co-edited the publication, “Education and Support Programs for Caregivers: Research, Practice, Policy, which explores the diversity of today’s caregiver population and their experiences and needs. The book introduces a solid framework for…
Phillip Thomas, a student in the Department of Child and Family Studies in the Falk College, is one of the SU football student-athletes assisting with the Youth Impact Program this summer for boys ages 9-12 from the Syracuse City School District. The five-week program sponsored by Syracuse University Athletics includes SU staff, student-athletes and local elementary teachers . Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Youth Impact Program (YIP) and a three time Super Bowl winner with the San Francisco 49ers, launched this innovative, national program, now in its fifth year. The Youth Impact Program at Syracuse University uses football…
Carrie Jefferson Smith, director, School of Social Work and associate professor, has been elected as President of the New York State Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NYSADDSW). This volunteer membership organization works to promote excellence in social work education.
Falk College faculty and current students welcomed potential graduate students interested in long-standing graduate programs in child and family studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science and dietetics, and social work during a special Fall Information Session for graduate studies on Saturday, November 5 in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building. Detailed information was provided on the College’s newest 36-hour graduate program: the M.S. in Global Health. Admissions was available at the information session to meet with students and provide information on academic programs, scholarships and housing.
Syracuse University junior Tim Bryant had been working as a massage therapist for ten years until he decided to make a huge life change – he enrolled in the bachelor’s of public health program in the Falk College. “It seemed like a natural progression to study public health as I’m generally concerned with the quality of life of people,” said Bryant. There are many universities in the Central New York region, where Bryant has been a resident of for the past seven years. However, Bryant chose to study at SU because “it has the only part time HEOP program in…
On Friday, November 11, 2011, the Falk College recognized its faculty who have published books in the past three academic years at its “Meet the Authors” event at the Schine Student Center. The publications of current faculty were celebrated, including: Dessa Bergen Cico (Public Health), Rick Burton (SPM), Alice Honig (HDFS), Eric Kingson (SWK), Sandra Lane (Public Health), Deborah Monahan (SWK), and John Wolohan (SPM). The event also included a book by Ona Cohn Bregman, an alumna of the first graduating class of the School of Social Work and retired associate professor of social work. Her book includes a chapter…
