The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in Syracuse University’s Falk College wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of the community at large, improve eating habits and promote general well-being by making healthy food choices. Seniors and graduate students in the nutrition science and dietetics program (supervised by registered dietitians), will provide accurate, thorough and confidential dietary consultation. The program is led by Tanya Horacek, associate professor, nutrition. The deadline to sign up to participate is October 18. Consultation sessions are private and individualized, with flexible…
Katherine McDonald, Ph.D., associate professor of public health in the Falk College and faculty fellow in the Burton Blatt Institute, received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. The research project, “Stakeholder Views on Intellectual Disability Research Ethics,” is expected to have significant ethical and public health implications. Robert S. Olick, J.D., Ph.D., associate professor of bioethics and humanities at Upstate Medical University, will serve as co-investigator on the project. Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) face significant physical and mental health disparities. Ethical challenges may discourage their…
Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., MPH, professor, Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children,” will investigate the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, blood lead levels, cardiovascular responses to acute stress and cardiovascular disease risk. To better pinpoint the early antecedents of racial disparities, the study will focus on a sample of 300 African American and European American children ages 9 to 11 in the city of Syracuse,…
Since its founding in 2005, the Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University, a student-run organization in the Falk College’s Department of Sport Management, has donated nearly $200,000 to local Central New York charities. As a result of its most successful annual sport auction held in December 2012, the SPM Club made a $35,239 gift to Special Olympics New York, the largest donation ever generated from the auction’s eight-year history. The presentation was made at the Syracuse University Men’s basketball game against Providence on February 20. The SPM Club’s donation will help fund 88 athletes’ participation in Special Olympics for…
Professor of social work, Eric Kingson, co-authored a Huffington Post piece about the importance of Social Security and the significance of that message in President Obama’s inauguration speech. He is the founding co-director of Social Security Works, an organization that launched and staffs the Strengthen Social Security Campaign. Kingson’s scholarship examines the politics and economics of population aging, Social Security policy, Baby Boomers and cross-generational obligations. His research also examines the distributional effects of changes in retirement age. A founding board member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, he is past-chair of the Social Research, Policy and Practice section…
Anne C. Bellows,. Ph.D., joined the Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition as professor of food studies in January 2013. As University Professor since 2007 at Hohenheim University, Bellows was the tenured chair in the Department of Gender and Nutrition and deputy director of the Institute for Social Sciences in Agriculture in the Faculty of Agriculture. She was also the director of the Research Center for Gender and Nutrition, a think tank for the university.
Falk College students consistently exemplify the highest ideal of sustained, quality engagement with citizens not only in the local community but afar as well when they see opportunities to make a difference. Over the past semester, here are a few of the activities they were involved in: Donation drive for Hurricane Sandy With the recent storms in the New York City and New Jersey areas, students in the School of Social Work, led by members of its student organization, Social Workers United, collected items to support those affected by the storms. Response by the SU campus community was overwhelming and…
The Department of Child and Family Studies, in collaboration with La Casita Cultural Center at Syracuse University, is pleased to announce the “West Side Through My Eyes,” teen photography exhibit. A preview will be held in conjunction with the 2013 Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement and Scholarship on April 24 in the Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. The full exhibit will take place May 3-August 1 at La Casita. Open to members of the local community and Syracuse University, the exhibit will share the sights and stories of the young residents of the Near West Side reflecting their identification of place…
Erica Doe is a 2012 graduate of the School of Social Work and received a Fulbright Award that has taken her to Johannesburg, South Africa in January. Her award falls under the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program. She is based at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Education where she is responsible for leading lectures and student study groups, grading papers and exams, and conducting one-on-one meetings with students. She is teaching two courses, Language Methodologies and New Literacies for Teachers. She also assists in the Writing Center and on research projects. Doe is in the process of starting…
The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University, in collaboration with Steiner Sports Memorabilia, is holding an online auction of more than 25 premium items now through December 16, 2012. Just in time for the holidays, this on-line auction is part of the Sport Management Club’s Charity Sports Auction to benefit Special Olympics New York. The on-line auction offers a wide range of sports memorabilia that makes great gift ideas, including an New York Knicks basketball signed by Anthony, Thomas, Kidd, Chandler, and Coach Woodson; a Shaq autographed basketball; Moses Malone signed 76ers jersey, a pair of Maria Sharapova autographed tennis…
