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Feb. 23 Webinar: Sport Sponsorship’s Future in a Post-Pandemic World
At 4pm Tuesday, February 23, Falk College’s Department of Sport Management will present a free webinar on the future of sport sponsorship and branding in a post-pandemic world. Sport industry executives will share their insights as to how the pandemic has affected their respective sectors of the industry, and specifically about the future of sports sponsorship and corporate branding. Our panelists…
Falk College’s Unsung Hero Evan Weissman
Evan Weissman, late associate professor in food studies and nutrition at Falk College is honored as an Unsung Hero at the 2021 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. When the 36th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee announced the 2021 Unsung Hero Award winners, Falk College was pleased to see that Evan Weissman was to be honored posthumously. Weissman passed away on…
Female sport analytics students look to transform their love of math, sports into STEM careers
Syracuse University senior Bailie Brown will be the first female to earn a bachelor’s degree in sport analytics from Falk College when she completes her coursework in May 2021. She is grateful for connections made with women in sports through events, assignments, and participation in student organizations. “Seeing there is a community of really amazing women in the industry, no matter how small, i…
Finding Her Place and Purpose
A transfer student majoring in psychology discovers her passion for counseling people who misuse substances through a minor in Addiction Studies. Not everyone has the patience to work with adolescents who are dealing with unhealthy substance use, but Alisamarie Yiatras ’21 embraces this work…
A Fighting Spirit
When Falk College sport venue and event management master’s degree student and Syracuse University basketball player Tiana Mangakahia ’19, G’21 returned to the court this season, she scored a major personal victory.
Highlights aplenty from unique Fall 2020 semester
Though this semester was unlike any other here at Syracuse University, we’re incredibly proud of our students, who continued to make huge strides in their academic programs. Also, our faculty continued to make an impact on the sport industry by giving numerous conference presentations and having their research published. It was a semester where guest speakers were hosted virtually and meetings con…
Healthy You Fall 2020 now available!
The latest edition of the Healthy You newsmagazine created by students for students is now available. Created by students in PHP 227–Healthy You Practicum taught by Professor Luvenia Cowart, the publication encourages healthy behaviors on the Syracuse University campus and beyond. The Fall 2020 edition includes wide-ranging news stories, from how to maintain a healthy routine during the COVID-19…
Sport Analytics senior jumps at chance to intern with Buffalo Bills
Syracuse University Sport Analytics major Drew DiSanto ’21 spent the Fall 2020 semester working on-site for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Although the full-time, paid internship meant taking a leave of absence from his SU classes for the semester, DiSanto knew it was an opportunity he could not pass up.
A Winning Connection
Student-athlete and nutrition major studies the links between environmental and personal health. Throughout Eva Scott’s childhood, her family gathered in the evenings for dinner. On weekdays, it was her father who cooked; on weekends, her mother. From a young age, Scott and her two sisters helped with meal preparation and clean up. Scott, now a senior majoring in nutrition science in Syracuse Univ…
Falk College exemplifies public health in action
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate this past spring, graduate students in a Falk College applied epidemiology class hosted a public forum for the campus community. According to public health graduate student, Tim Bryant, when Professor David Larsen asked if students had questions regarding the virus, “it proceeded to be a 20-minute question and answer session. I made a statement that if we…