Food Studies News
Innovative Leaders
Eight distinguished faculty members from the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics were promoted for the 2024-25 academic year: Jane Burrell, Mary Kiernan, Jennifer Genovese, Ryan Heath, Bryce Hruska, Rachel Razza, Sara Vasilenko, and Patrick Walsh. Learn more about them...
Falk in Paris
In the 2024 Olympics, Falk College will be represented in many unique ways by current students Dan Griffiths and Livia McQuade, Associate Professor Jamie Kim, and Falk graduates and former Syracuse University student-athletes Freddie Crittenden III, Kristen Siermachesky, and Lysianne Proulx…
Inclusive Education Fosters Ambition
Shafreya Wilkins ’25 has a vision for the future: operating her own food truck with mini dishes, such as tacos, sliders, truffle fries and slushies for the kids. For Wilkins, the food studies program at Falk College has provided a welcomed immersion in the world of cuisine and food systems...
Faculty of the Year Awards
Professors Dennis Deninger, Bernard Appiah, and Joey Merrin were honored with Falk College Faculty of the Year awards for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, and internal and professional service contributions in 2024...
Class of 2024 Nutrition and Food Studies Awards
The Department of Nutrition and Food Studies recently announced its Class of 2024 undergraduate and graduate award winners. And the winners are...
Reimagining Falk College
The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics will become the David B. Falk College of Sport - a first-of-its-kind college focused exclusively on sport-related disciplines. At the same time, strategies are in place to position the human dynamics academic programs for future success and impact...
Three for One
Three members of the Falk College family will be honored at the One University Awards ceremony April 19: Katherine McDonald (Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction Award), and Ken Marfilius and Sudha Raj (Continuing Excellence category for the Meredith Professorship Program awards)...
Mindfully Growing
It’s a Thursday morning at Elbridge Elementary School, where Universal Pre-Kindergarten students are learning about healthy eating habits through a program developed and taught by a team of professors and students from multiple departments in Falk College ...
Ann Litt Speaker Series
Falk College is pleased to welcome Laura Moretti Reece, a certified specialist in sports dietetics, as the featured speaker of the Eighth Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series. Her March 26 lecture on athletes with eating disorders is free and open to the public...
New Dean for Research
Katherine McDonald, Ph.D., has been named Senior Associate Dean for Research and Administration in Falk College, where under her leadership with the Office of Research Development “the College has experienced steady growth in research activity by every measure,” says Dean Jeremy Jordan ...