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Students share how Falk Career Services Office benefits them
Students at a Networking Workshop hosted by Falk Career Services. Students at Syracuse University’s Falk College have dedicated their lives to helping individuals, families, and communities through careers in nutrition and food studies, social work, marriage and family therapy, public health, and human development. When they find the right career path, we all benefit. The Falk College Office of Ca…
Advancing scholarly inquiry into connections between religion, spirituality and social change
Merril SilversteinApproximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials—young adults born 1981 and later—profess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is decoupled from prosocial goals and spirituality in contemporary young adults is one of…
Public health degree leads to emergency response management opportunities
Jennifer Molina ’14, Public Health is pictured here in the Peace Corps.After graduating from Falk College in 2014 with a degree in Public Health, Jennifer Molina joined the Peace Corps and traveled to Guatemala as a maternal and child health volunteer. One of her major accomplishments was developing, implementing, and evaluating a six-month behavior change seminar with local health professionals.…
Sport analytics students work with EDGE10 to explore, manage player performance data
Beginning in 2018, Syracuse University students enrolled in SAL 213-Sport Data Analysis gained exposure to the player health and performance sides of sport analytics to uncover valuable, yet-to-be-discovered data insights. EDGE10, a leading provider of athlete management software, working with Professor Rodney Paul, director of the Falk College sport analytics program, and sport analytics academic…
Exploring the role of labor, migration in the food system
Students studying food systems in Falk College’s Department of Nutrition and Food Studies learn about ecological sustainability and social justice as faculty members such as Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern highlight practices like agroecology and food-related social movements. Interactive class discussions shed important light on the role of labor and migration in the food system, exploring interactions b…
Falk alumna advances career in research, higher education
Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri at AACN Faculty Development Conference Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri ’12, M.S., ’14 CAS, ’17 Ph.D. came to Syracuse from Nepal, where she worked as a registered nurse. “Working at central and local-level hospitals and health centers in Nepal, my interests leaned towards exploring and working with children and families,” she says. That’s what inspired her to pursue higher educat…
New HDFS newsletter now available online
From the latest news and events in the Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) program to highlights of student and faculty, read the latest edition of Human Development and Family Science News covering the HDFS 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…
Dean Murphy welcomes Falk students to campus
Diane Lyden Murphy, M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D. Dear Falk Students, Welcome back to campus, returning Falk students! Let’s give a very special welcome to the Class of 2023, as well as new transfer and graduate students. We are thrilled to have you join us. I hope you each enjoyed an adventurous and restful summer. What a special time to be at Syracuse! There are plenty of exciting events planned on campus…
View Photos from Falk College Welcome Events
Falk faculty, staff and new students sing the alma mater in Grant Auditorium at the new student welcome meeting. Thank you, new students and families, for joining Falk College during Syracuse University Welcome last week. Please visit the Falk College Facebook Page to view photos from Falk College welcome events. 2019 Welcome Week: Falk College New Student Reception, courtesy of Alejandro Garcia,…