Syracuse University’s Falk College is now offering a new Master of Science (MS) in Food Studies. This 36-credit hour Food Studies MS program provides students with a foundation in the political economy of food systems, including human rights, food governance, and food justice and health. Food Studies continues to emerge as one of the fastest-growing fields of study in North America. The MS in Food Studies complements Falk College’s existing bachelor and minor in Food Studies. Students earning the MS in food studies are prepared for professional opportunities in local and national government work associated with food regulation and industry…
Faculty, staff, students available to talk about programs, coursework, student life Syracuse University faculty, staff and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in the Falk College’s graduate programs in child and family studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science, social work and sport management during a special Fall Information Session for graduate studies on Friday, November 6. The presentation begins at 4:00 p.m. at Falk College, Room 200. Detailed information will be provided on graduate programs in addiction studies, child and family studies (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.), food studies (M.S.), global health (M.S.), marriage and family therapy (M.A.),…
As part of their visionary and purposeful commitment to academics as a path to success, Syracuse University alumni David B. and Rhonda S. Falk established a series of endowed professorships in each of the seven academic disciplines of Falk College. Today Falk College announced the following three faculty have been named Falk Endowed Professors: Alejandro Garcia, M.S.W., Ph.D., Jocelyn Falk Endowed Professor of Social Work Jaipaul Roopnarine, Ph.D. ,Pearl Falk Endowed Professor of Child and Family Studies Rick Welsh, Ph.D., Falk Family Endowed Professor in Food Studies. “We are grateful to David and Rhonda Falk, and the Falk family, for their…
Once she took her first food studies course, she discovered there is so much to know about food. So when Falk College announced its newest undergraduate major in food studies, it was no surprise that Anna Delapaz ’17 signed on as the first official major in the program. A double major in nutrition, her career plans are focused on becoming a registered dietitian. She hopes to delve further into her interests in community gardens and improving food access. “I think having a background in both nutrition and food studies is a great way to fully grasp the complexity of food,”…
BrainFeeders, a student organization in Falk College’s Food Studies program, is working to establish long-lasting food access and justice programs throughout the SU/ESF campus. The group is partnering with Common Threads CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) to have SU’s first-ever CSA drop off location on campus, which started in August. BrainFeeders has also partnered with the Student Association to provide free transportation from campus to the Regional Market on Saturdays in the fall. View schedule for Regional Market Shuttle. BrainFeeders’ faculty advisor is Professor Rick Welsh, who is department chair of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition. The Daily Orange recently…
“Taking Back Our Health through Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture,” the first-ever Syracuse Food Justice Symposium, will focus on grassroots urban agriculture and food justice. Scheduled to take place October 2-3, it is organized by a broad coalition of grassroots organizations, not-for-profit agencies, community gardeners, interested stakeholders and Syracuse University partners, including the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in Falk College, the Department of African American Studies and the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Canary Lab in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Education, and SUNY ESF’s Department…
Common Thread Community Farm, working with Brainfeeders, the food studies student organization, is making it possible for Syracuse University and ESF students to get fresh produce through a CSA share pick-up site on campus starting this August. See video here: The CSA vegetable shares will include fresh, sustainably grown potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, beets, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, peppers, eggplant, herbs, winter squash, celery, leeks, kale, chard and more. Brainfeeders is the first academically recognized Food Studies Club in the country and it is housed in Falk College’s Food Studies program. The student group acts as a resource for all…
Syracuse University food studies faculty and students traveled to the University of Vermont to attend the 2015 UVM Food Systems Summit June 16-17. It is an annual event drawing scholars, practitioners, and food systems leaders to engage in dialogue on the pressing food systems issues facing our world. On June 17, Professor of Food Studies, Dr. Anne Bellows, participated on the Geopolitical Context panel on the topic of, Gender, Nutrition, and the Human Right to Adequate Food: Toward an Inclusive Framework. Professor Bellows will release a book by that same title with colleagues this fall, exploring the status of women…
Falk College is pleased to announce four faculty members from its Departments of Child and Family Studies and Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition were recently promoted and tenured, including: Dr. Dessa Bergen Cico, Associate Professor, Public Health; Dr. Eunjoo Jung, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies; Dr. Kamala Ramadoss, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies, and; Dr. Rachel Razza, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies.
Falk College will celebrate the Class of 2015 and its accomplishments on Saturday, May 9 at 4:00 p.m., Manley Field House. Falk College’s Class of 2015 includes 312 undergraduates, 142 master’s candidates and 27 students earning Certificates of Advanced Study. Four Ph.D. students will receive their hoods symbolizing the highest level of degree achievement. A baccalaureate degree in public health will be awarded posthumously to Sabrina Cammock. Falk College Marshals Sam Rodgers, Nutrition Aziza Mustefa, Public Health Undergraduate Department Marshals Francheska Bravo, Child & Family Studies Mary Briggman, Nutrition Will Fancher, Nutrition Science Lisa Cianciotta, Public Health Leah Elsbeck, Social…