Food Studies News
Continuing the Legacy
Late Professor Evan Weissman dedicated his life to food justice. With the help of a scholarship created by Weissman's family, Food Studies graduate student April Lopez is following in his footsteps with research impacting college students and farmworkers...
Sports Nutrition Expert Heidi Skolnik to Speak
A national thought leader in nutrition, Skolnik has influenced millions through her media work, writing, and thriving consulting business. Overseeing the Performance Nutrition program at The Juilliard School and the School of American Ballet, she has consulted with numerous well-known Broadway shows. Through her over 20 years experience in Sports Medicine, she has also worked with many pro athletes...
Savoring College Life
For Mackenzie Gleason, the opportunity to pursue her passion for food is important, and she’s doing it through InclusiveU, an initiative that welcomes students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to experience college life in a fully inclusive setting...
Joan Christy Lecture Series Presents Chef Educator Danny Corsun
As a chef educator since 2000, Danny teaches academic disciplines through experientially engaging cooking classes—creating fun classroom environments with better cognitive processing and retention...
Achieving Immortality
In Mozambique, the home country of Arcènia Notilija Vilanculo, there's a saying that "For someone to be immortal, they have to write a book, have a child, and plant a tree." In a column for The Stand, Vilanculo explained how that saying connects with the residents of Syracuse's South Side...
Starting With a Seed
In 2015, Ethan Tyo started a plant-based diet and eventually lost 100 pounds. Now Tyo, a Food Studies graduate student and a member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Tribe, is combining his passion for food with an enthusiasm to educate others about his roots. . .
Can Kelp Help?
While the majority of climate change research focuses on reducing and capturing carbon dioxide, less attention has been paid to methane emissions, despite the gas having 30 times the warming effect...
Memories We’ll Always Treasure
Maddy Baker was one of nine dietetic interns from Department of Nutrition and Food Studies who attended the annual Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida, in October. Maddy says her experience at the conference "did not disappoint...
Growing Food Activism
The Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Award provided Food Studies graduate student April Lopez with an opportunity to pursue a summer internship that combined her passions of food and activism...
Down to Earth
For the graduate students in Professor Esteli Jiménez-Soto's agroecology class, Pete's Giving Garden on South Campus provides an ideal space to literally get their hands dirty and test the concepts they learn in class...