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Two Falk sport analytics teams win at SABR Diamond Dollars competition
For the sixth straight year, members of the Department of Sport Management’s Sabermetrics Club participated in the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) Analytics’ Spring Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Due to Covid-19, the SU students did not travel last month to Phoenix, Arizona, but instead presented virtually from SU’s campus on March 13, 2020. The competition is for undergraduate and…
Coronavirus pandemic shows the importance of our food system
The faculty of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies recently submitted a commentary to The Post Stanard showing how the COVID-19 pandemic lays bare important contradictions within the modern food system. Faculty expounded how critical the food system is, with its workers, managers, business owners, and firms. However, the inequalities in the system have become apparent during this crisis: Workers in the food system are precarious, lack adequate pay and health benefits, and yet are asked to take risks to ensure food is available so we all can eat.
Falk senior “seeing nutrition as a matter of health and social justice”
April Hill when she was studying abroad in Santiago, Chile. This semester, senior April Hill ’20 worked with Salt City Harvest Farm to conduct environmental audits of food acquisition sites in Syracuse. She helped determine how community gardens may promote food security and cultural preservation among New Americans. This research will support her applications for doctoral nutrition programs, whic…
Falk College faculty equip global community with COVID-19 information
Falk faculty, staff, students, and alumni pursue careers in health and helping professions to direct their passion for improving the lives of others. In times like the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they are called on to help care for our families and communities in so many ways. Right now, many alumni around the world are providing tele-health and tele-mental health services, getting nut…
New Course Prefix for Public Health Courses Effective Fall 2020
All courses offered by the Falk College Department of Public Health have a new course prefix effective Fall 2020. Beginning Fall 2020, the existing course prefix “HTW” will no longer be used. Instead, all public health courses will use the course prefix “PHP.”
For Students: Three Tips for Remote Career Prep
By David Sly, Associate Director, Falk Career Services While our working and learning environments have changed, Falk Career Services is here to support you, from resume writing and interview preparation to professional networking and the job search. Stay connected to our office for all your career preparation needs. In addition to the resources and services provided by Falk Career Services, here…
Darlene Medley, Maarten Jacobs Receive 2020 Rubenstein Social Justice Awards
By Emma Henzes ’20 Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein In commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month during March, the School of Social Work in Falk College awarded its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Awards to Darlene Medley from Families for Lead Freedom Now and Maarten Jacobs, MSW from the Allyn Family Foundation. Darlene Medley, Families for Lead Freedom Now Following t…
Faculty, staff, alumni partnership exemplifies how the Orange community is supporting others
By Emma Henzes ’20 Ken Marfilius, L.C.S.W., D.S.W. In the time of need, the Syracuse University community comes together. SU staff, faculty, alumni and students are doing their part in the fight against COVID-19. Ken Marfilius, a faculty member in the School of Social Work, is doing his in part in what he calls a “grassroots movement” to help the battle with Coronavirus. Around two weeks ago, Budm…
Food Studies major named 2020 Mount Vernon Leadership Fellow
Phoebe Ambrose, a sophomore majoring in food studies in the Falk College and citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School, has been named a 2020 Mount Vernon Leadership Fellow. Ambrose was one of 14 fellows selected from among more than 900 applicants and is Syracuse University’s first Mount Vernon Fellow. The award provides Ambrose with the opportunity to participate in a six-week, full…
Two trips are better than one: Falk senior applies public health skills in East Africa
Alizée (Left) in East Africa For Alizée McLorg ’20, public health is everywhere—from mentoring young adults in local Syracuse schools, to analyzing demographic health surveys in East Africa. Her time at Syracuse has allowed her to do both, and in the process, discover her passion for improving the health of communities around the world. McLorg was born in Quebec City, Canada and moved to San Diego…