Food Studies News
‘The Athlete’s Gut’
Patrick Wilson, an associate professor of exercise science at Old Dominion University and author of the internationally known book “The Athlete’s Gut: The Inside Science of Digestion, Nutrition, and Stomach Distress,” is the featured speaker for the 2025 Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series April 1...
Giving Day at Falk!
As we celebrate Syracuse University Giving Day March 27, you can support Falk College by giving directly to the Dean’s Fund or to a different fund if you’d like to support students in a specific program. Here’s more from Dean Jeremy Jordan...
Super Nutritious
In advance the Super Bowl, students in Nutrition and Food Studies Assistant Teaching Professor Bill Collins' Deconstructing Food class explored how to take your favorite big-game snacks from high-calorie to healthy. In this Q&A, Collins shares some of the tips that the students learned this past week...
Trust the Process
It has so far been a brutal winter in Syracuse with snow, ice, and cold temperatures. But nutrition major Sudiksha Khemka ’28 writes that we should embrace the cold because our bodies are equipped with strategies honed over millions of years to protect us from the elements ...
Welcome Back!
Dean Jeremy Jordan’s welcome back message for the Spring semester provides students with useful information on resources in Falk College, ways to get involved on campus, important dates, and more!
Lunch is Served
How does vegetable lasagna with a garlic baguette sound for lunch? Or perhaps you’d prefer a roast Cornish game hen with carrots, apples, and onions on chive mashed potatoes? That’s the can’t-lose kind of choice for visitors who attended lunches hosted by Falk College nutrition students this past fall...
At the Table
Professors Rachel Razza, Associate Dean of Human Dynamics, and Lynn Brann, chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, recently appeared on the national podcast “At the Table with Sara & Juli” to discuss the impact of self-regulation on diet. Read more and listen to the podcast...
Falk College FAQs
We know you have questions about the reshaping of the human dynamics programs at Falk College, and here is additional information about the Nov. 13 announcement...
Go-Forward Plan
Following four months of deliberate assessment and cross disciplinary collaboration by members of the Human Dynamics Task Force, Syracuse University announced a go-forward plan to reshape the future of its human dynamics programs and reposition them for short- and long-term success...
Indian Home Cooking
Renowned Chef Madhu Gadia’s passion for cooking and nutrition was on full display recently in Falk College, where Gadia spent several hours cooking with students during the day and at night was the featured speaker for the annual Joan Christy Lecture on Food and Culture...