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New public health faculty bring variety of expertise to classrooms, research
Falk College’s newest public health faculty, Bryce Hruska, Bhavneet Walia, and Najah Zaaeed, bring a variety of research interests and specializations to the program, including stress, health economics, and Bryce Hruska, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the public health program where he has served as a research assistant professor, postdoctoral researcher, and project manager. He specializes in…
Sport management student says vibrant Orange spirit brought him to Syracuse
Alec Bieber ’18 is pictured left with Keith Hernandez at Citigold event at Citi Field. “Whether grabbing pizza at Varsity on Marshall Street, studying in Bird Library or sitting in class, everywhere you look you see others wearing orange, the color of their beloved University. This is why I love ’Cuse.” says Alec Bieber ’19. “It’s an amazing place to be.” Alec is from Scarsdale, New York, located…
Nutrition student says Syracuse experience is “more than I could have imagined”
Justin working in one of the kitchens he visited in Italy as part of the Mediterranean Food and Culture course. Any race longer than 26.2 miles is considered an “ultra-marathon.” Syracuse senior Justin Pascual is training for one. For some, it might sound crazy. But for Justin, whose favorite course is organic chemistry, there’s something truly fun about a challenge. As native of Sierra Vista, Ari…
Latest nutrition newsletter now available online
From the latest news and events in the Nutrition program to highlights of student and faculty projects, read the latest edition of Nutrition News covering the nutrition, nutrition science and dietetics programs in Syracuse University’s Falk College. Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the most recent newsletter or view an accessible, text-based version of the Newsletter. Fall 2018 (P…
Intelligent Lives film screening highlights inclusion in Falk College classrooms, research
Professor Katie McDonald (front right, standing), filmmaker Dan Habib (front left, standing) and Micah Fialka-Feldman (seated) prepare for filming of Intelligent Lives at Falk College in 2016. “When the film, Intelligent Lives is featured as part of the 2018 Syracuse International Film Festival’s Imaging Disability showcase October 14, the audience will see how Falk College classrooms and programs…
Big Data and Social Policy focus of October 24 Research Colloquium
Dr. Philip Gillingham The Falk College Office of Research Development will host a research colloquium, “Big Data and Social Policy: Current and Future Developments,” with Dr. Philip Gillingham from The University of Queensland, Australia, on Wednesday, October 24 from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. in Falk Complex, 335 White Hall. Both government and non-government social welfare agencies around the world hav…
Sport management to host professional development event for alumni, students
On November 9, the Falk College Department of Sport Management will host its second annual SPM 205 2.0 – SPM Alumni in #SportsBiz [Now We’re the Pros] professional development and networking event for alumni and current students in sport management, sport analytics, and sport venue and event management. Director and chair of the Department of Sport Management, Michael Veley will host a welcome lun…
Social work professor receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation leadership grant
Matthew Spitzmueller, assistant professor in the School of Social Work in Falk College, has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) leadership development programs designed to equip leaders across the country—in every sector and field—to collaborate, break down silos, and use their influence to make communities healthier and more equitable. Spitzmueller’s…
Artist Seitu Jones visits for lecture and workshop October 4, 6
Seitu Jones Falk College’s food studies program, together with the Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), Canary Lab, and the Humanities Center, partnering with Brady Farm in Syracuse, are pleased to welcome artist Seitu Jones to campus for a lecture and a workshop October 4 and 6, part of the Humanities Center’s 2018/19 Stories Symposium. Jones will give a lecture, “CREA…
Alford Appointed Syracuse University Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Professor Keith A. Alford to the newly created post of interim chief diversity officer (CDO), effective July 1. Alford is an associate professor, chair of the Falk College’s School of Social Work and graduate program director. The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion recommended that a CDO position be created to strengthen the University’s diversi…