Second-year MFT students organize donations during a January 2015 clothing drive to benefit Syracuse’s transgendered community. L-R: Jamie Kanter, Melanie Gonzalez, and Megan O’Brien. Table after table lined with hundreds of donated shirts, pants, sweaters, skirts, jackets and other clothing items were visible in one Peck Hall classroom because MFT graduate students Amy Goss and Megan O’Brien recognized an unmet need within Syracuse’s transgender community. “Working with the transgender population, it became startlingly obvious how expensive the transition process is. Many insurance plans don’t cover the costly expense of hormones yet, plus there are fees associated with blood work, binders,…
On November 24, students, faculty and community members gathered for the first annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop sponsored by Syracuse University’s Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. David Larsen, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, led the workshop as part of public health professor Sandra Lane’s research work in the area of neighborhood trauma and violence in Syracuse. In addition to Drs. Larsen and Lane, this research project includes Falk College faculty members Dessa Bergen-Cico, Colleen Baish, Linda Stone Fish, and Tracey Reichert-Schimpff along with Maxwell professor Robert A. Rubinstein. Community…
December 5, 2014—The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University, in collaboration with Steiner Sports, is holding an online auction of premium items now through December 9, 2014 at 10 p.m. Select the SU SPM Club for Make-A-Wish Auction to view all the items available. Just in time for the holidays, this online auction is part of the Syracuse University Sport Management Club’s Charity Sports Auction. All proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish® of Central New York. The online auction offers a wide range of sports memorabilia including an autographed basketball by 2014 NBA MVP Kevin Durant, a boxing glove signed by Manny…
The Falk College’s Sport Management Club ‘After the Auction’ Sale is happening now through December 22. Students, faculty, and staff, along with their friends and families, are invited to visit the Charity Sports Auction website to view and purchase more than 80 items ranging from jewelry, accessories, books and various classes, to autographed sports memorabilia and much more. All items are available at deeply discounted prices on a first-come, first-served basis, and all proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish of Central New York. The list is likely to change as additional items become available. Items are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.…
In December, WCNY-TV’s “Cycle of Health” show featured assistant professor of food studies, Evan Weissman, an exploration of the history and growth of community gardens in Syracuse, as well as across New York State. A growing interest in where food comes from and how to cook it, along with many other factors, has spurred urban garden movements locally. Some local community gardens date back 20 years, and many new ones are sprouting up today. Watch the segment entitled, ‘Urban Roots’ with Professor Weissman
In January 2015, Falk College begun its phased relocation to the new Falk Complex at MacNaughton and White Halls (the former College of Law). The Falk Complex, which includes both MacNaughton and White Halls, is located on the western portion of the Syracuse University campus. As you walk behind Hendricks Chapel past the Holden Observatory toward the Carrier Dome, you will see MacNaughton and White Halls ahead. Falk College’s relocation will continue through Fall 2015 on the following schedule: January 2015: Office of the Dean, Admissions, Advancement, Falk IT, Departments of Child and Family Studies and Public Health, School of…
As part of Syracuse University’s Family Weekend 2014, Falk College hosted a Dean’s Breakfast in Lyman Hall that included several hundred students and families in attendance. In addition to a meet-and-greet with Falk College Dean Diane Lyden Murphy and faculty and staff, breakout sessions by each academic department allowed time for families to meet faculty one-on-one to ask questions specific to their student’s department.
It was the first Tuesday of his freshman year when Scott Kevy ’15 admitted something to himself after leaving the Sport Management (SPM) Club kick-off meeting. “I knew I was here to stay,” he says of his decision to major in sport management in Syracuse University’s Falk College. Since that time, Kevy has held a series of leadership positions in the SPM Club, compiled an excellent academic record that includes a minor in information management and technology in the iSchool, and mastered several professional internships, including positions at Turner Sports in New York City, Monumental Sports and Entertainment in Washington,…
Child and family studies Ph.D. student, Elif Dede Yildirim, working with Jaipaul Roopnarine, Ph.D., has received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families. The research project, “Paternal Factors and Childhood Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Relationship Quality and Support Networks,” offers great promise for state and local agencies that focus on preventing developmental risks to children that are attributed to challenging home and neighborhood environments. Several initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels have identified fathers as important figures in combating poverty, reducing the lost developmental potential of young…
A standing-room-only audience of students, faculty and staff had the chance to hear the insights of Mark Bittman, one of the country’s best-known, most widely respected food writers. Bittman, who was in Syracuse as the featured speaker at the Rosamond Gifford Lecture on November 5, made a special trip to campus to meet with students in Falk College’s food studies and nutrition programs. The question-and-answer format led by Bittman explored many topics, including how students can work with their faculty to help expand the percentage of locally produced food served on campus, why people who are ‘foodies’ are becoming increasingly…
