“Undocumented Rights Politics and Legislation: How Fare New York’s Undocumented Rights Politics and Legislation” is this year’s event title. As the name implies, the event will center around the topic of undocumented workers, the rights afforded them by their undocumented immigrant status, the policies that effect their well-being in New York, and their experience upon arrival. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday, April 1st at the Onondaga County Legislative Chambers (401 Montgomery Street). Doors open at 8:30AM. Please arrive 5-15 minutes early, as it does take some time to get everyone through security and settled in the chambers.
Motivated by a strong belief that food is the perfect outlet for fulfilling employment because of its potential impact on culture, economics, and the environment, Good Food Jobs.com co-founders Taylor Cocalis Suarez and Dorothy Williams-Neagle will present “A sustainable approach to finding a good food job” on February 24, 3:45 p.m., 104 Falk Complex. The presentation is free and open to the campus and local communities. Since its founding in October 2010, Good Food Jobs has registered 35,000 users and posted over 8,000 jobs across all disciplines, for full- and part-time, volunteer, apprenticeship, and other out-of-the-box jobs. The site educates…
The Ph.D. program in Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) was recently awarded reaccreditation by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s (AAMFT) Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). The COAMFTE is a specialized accrediting body that reviews master and doctoral degrees, and post-graduate degree clinical training programs in marriage and family therapy. The accreditation process is voluntary and requires self-study by the program, an on-site review by a selected group of peers, and a review and decision by the COAMFTE to determine compliance with accreditation standards. Accredited programs are reviewed at…
Sixteen Syracuse University juniors and seniors have earned full scholarships to the prestigious 2016 Dulye Leadership Experience (DLE), including social work major, Paulina Colon ’17. Founded by alumna Linda Dulye ’77, the highly selective DLE, now in its ninth year, promotes students’ self-discovery and critical skills building for finding a career that mutually benefits themselves and their employers. Since the program’s start in 2008, over 100 SU students have participated in the program, with most advancing to a job or internship within three months of attending. Dulye, an internationally recognized leader in workplace communication and engagement whose firm Dulye &…
Professor of food studies, Anne Bellows, introduces the human right to adequate food and nutrition in her recently released publication, Gender, Nutrition and the Human Right to Adequate Food: Toward an Inclusive Framework. The book identifies structural disconnects fueling food insecurity for a billion people, and disproportionally affecting women, children, and rural food producers: the separation of women’s rights from their right to adequate food and nutrition, and the fragmented attention to food as commodity and the medicalization of nutritional health. The book explores conditions arising from these disconnects: structural violence and discrimination frustrating the realization of women’s human rights,…
Margaret Voss, professor of practice, nutrition, published, “A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound” in Trends in Ecology & Evolution (July 2015). “When we speak of evolutionary changes, we are really talking about patterns of gene flow and gene expression. Anything that changes mortality rates (e.g., disease, predation, etc.) and birth rates has the potential to change patterns of gene flow. This in turn changes the way living populations’ function, including where they thrive,” says Voss. Human-induced disturbance, such as light and noise, have long been ignored as factors that could alter the genetic structure of…
The Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University has raised $40,470 for The Salvation Army at its 11th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on December 2, supporters placed bids on hundreds of items, including sports memorabilia, electronics and tickets to major sporting events. Following the silent auction, the club also hosted an online auction, in collaboration with Steiner Sports Memorabilia, which showcased a number of premium items up for bid. All proceeds from these efforts benefited The Salvation Army in Central New York. “This total represents not only the culmination of months of hard work…
What to wear to dinner. It was a simple decision, thought Syracuse University Sport Management graduate Andrew Abramson. Abramson ’10 grew frustrated as he waited for his fiancée to prep for a night out in Los Angeles. As Heather Farone, SU ’10, tried on dress after dress and asked his opinion, Abramson impatiently told her to “just pick one.” It was at that moment he had an idea: Heather should take a photo of herself in two of the dresses, send it to her friends and let them decide. And just like that, in September 2014, the social-decisioning app Swayy…
To demonstrate the potential costly effects of not taking time off from work as well as the beneficial effects that can result from vacationing, Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition is embarking on a new research study funded by Project: Time Off entitled, “The Psychosocial and Physiological Consequences of Taking and Not Taking Time Off.” This study will examine how past and current vacationing behavior impacts psychological and physical health. “We frequently research the health effects of stressors and negative events. Surprisingly, there is very little research on the potential health effects of positive events and…
Public health seniors recently presented a poster symposium showcasing the internships they held with local community organizations, including: Elmcrest Children’s Center, the Onondaga County Health Department, the Street Addictions Institute and SUNY Upstate Medical University, among many others. Topics included, “Behavioral Intervention with Residential, Court-Placed Youth,” (Mackenzie Hall); “Art and Healing,” (Matthew Stith), and “The Patient Navigator: Redefining the Role in Syracuse Community Organizations to Improve Refugee Outcomes” (Shirel Daniel).
