Food Studies News
Dean’s Winter Welcome
Dear Falk Students, Welcome back to Syracuse University! We hope you enjoyed your winter break and had the opportunity to relax and spend time with friends and family. We’re excited for all that lies ahead for you in Spring 2022...
Growing Food and a Future
A dual major and Lender Center fellow infuses her academic journey with a passion for community farming and food security. The research she is doing helps organizations collaborate on new food security solutions...
October 28 event features alumni in disability advocacy
Join us for a discussion on "Improving Access for People with Disabilities” on October 28, 2021 addressing current issues surrounding accessibility in a range of environments. Students interested in seeking internships or careers in healthcare, mental health, education, policy, advocacy, sport, recreation...
Food and social justice advocate Avalon Gupta VerWiebe named first recipient of the Evan Weissman Scholarship
Gupta VerWiebe’s personal dedication and ongoing work in the fields of food and social justice and community food projects follow the legacy of Professor Weissman’s life-long commitment to food justice and using food as a tool for social change...
Coming Back Together 2021
Black and Latino/a alumni are coming back to campus to celebrate their accomplishments, meet current students, and get connected. This year's celebration honors Falk College's Jasmine Jordan-Christmas, the Food Busters student group, and Marcelle Haddix, and features a lecture by Leah Penniman...
Falk College welcomes new faculty and staff
Syracuse University’s Falk College is pleased to welcome four new staff members who have joined Falk College in the past academic year: Stephen Bonomo, Director of Information Technology; Deborah Golia, Director of Admissions; Kailyn Jennings, Sport Management Internship Placement Coordinator; Danielle Jones, Social Work Internship Placement Coordinator; Donna Sparkes, Budget Associate, and; Emily…
Bee Orange
In spring 2020, South Campus became home to six honeybee hives, which house over 300,000 honeybees. In their first year on campus, the bees harvested enough nectar from campus plants and trees to create over 300 pounds of honey...
Welcome Class of 2025!
Falk College welcomes the Class of 2025, a talented group from 37 states and 33 global countries. The Class of 2025 includes 373 first-year students, 13 transfer students, 163 new graduate students, and 156 new online graduate students...
Building a Food System ‘Rooted in Social Justice and Equality’
The next big step for the newly formed Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance (SOFSA) started, naturally, with Evan Weissman’s kindness and vision for food justice in the Syracuse community. He helped create a 2020-22 Lender Center for Social Justice Fellowship for students who would help organizations such as SOFSA determine how food systems in Syracuse could better meet the needs of the community...
Food Studies Newsletter
The food studies program in Falk College has just released this year’s newsletter. Food studies, a rapidly growing field of study and practice, encompasses food delivery systems, social stability, human rights, public health, human and landscape sustainability, and urban/regional design and planning. Click on the link below to read about interdisciplinary research and scholarship, student accompli…