Human Development & Family Science News
Impact of ‘Social Factors’
In this Q&A with SU News, Human Development and Family Science Assistant Professor Catherine García discusses her award-winning research that explores why the fastest-growing segment of older adults in the U.S.—those of Hispanic/Latine origin—are at higher risk for chronic diseases...
Dance of Hope
Grace Brashears is a double major at Falk (HDFS and public health) who was recently named the youngest executive director in the 10-year history of OttoTHON, Syracuse University’s 12-hour dance marathon that raises money for Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital...
Lighting a Spark
Through conversations with her family and Falk College advisor Colleen Cameron, and through out-of-classroom experiences, Raven Campbell has transformed her passion for working with children into her career goals of becoming a child life specialist and developmental pediatrician …
Vital Voice
Qingyang Liu, a graduate student in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) in Falk College, has been named graduate student representative to the Syracuse University Board of Trustees for the 2023-24 academic year. . .
Highlighting DEIA Initiatives
From using satire as a means for social change to better understanding the teachings of the Haudenosaunee, the breadth of DEIA efforts across Syracuse University will be on display at The D.E.I.A. Symposium Oct. 3. HDFS Associate Professor Kamala Ramadoss is one of the event’s organizers...
Where Belonging Begins
In 2006, Falk College student Regina A. Jones ’07 launched Syracuse University’s Native Student Program while studying for a bachelor’s degree in child and family studies (now Human Development and Family Science)...
Q&A With Falk College Dean Jeremy S. Jordan
Jeremy S. Jordan, new dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, was inspired to become an academic leader to be of service to others in pursuit of their aspirations...
Video: Explore Careers in D.C.
Each year, Falk College students from every major travel to Washington, D.C. to network with alumni and discover career opportunities in the D.C. area...
Welcome from the Dean
Dear Falk Students, it is with great excitement that I welcome you to campus as we start the fall semester. Like many of you, I am new to Syracuse and look forward to learning all that I can about this amazing institution, I encourage you to do the same...
Welcome to Falk College!
Falk College is pleased to welcome more than 2,100 undergraduate and graduate students to Syracuse University! Syracuse Welcome is a required orientation program for all students and here’s more info about the Syracuse Welcome schedule ...