When students think graduate school, they think curriculum, campus, community, but most of all, what the degree will mean for their lives. It’s not until after completing their degree that Falk College graduate students realize the profound difference it made not just for themselves, but for the lives of those around them as they discover new and exciting opportunities to have a positive impact. That’s what a graduate degree from Falk College means: it means our graduates can do more—more for the community, for society, and for the world. And they do! Join prospective Falk College graduate students interested in…
When students think graduate school, they think curriculum, campus, community, but most of all, what the degree will mean for their lives. It’s not until after completing their degree that Falk College graduate students realize the profound difference it made not just for themselves, but for the lives of those around them as they discover new and exciting opportunities to have a positive impact. That’s what a graduate degree from Falk College means: it means our graduates can do more—more for the community, for society, and for the world. And they do! Join prospective Falk College graduate students interested in…
It was a series of unexpected events when on a whim, Rachel Murphy, RD ’04 came to visit the fashion program at Syracuse University. Alone among groups of tours, Murphy was directed to the Dean’s Office. Suddenly, she found herself talking about her interests with then interim Dean, Lois Schroeder, RD, Ph.D. “I had very a strong conviction about body image and how the fashion industry is not conducive to healthy eating,” says Murphy, whose friends had suffered from eating disorders. Fashion and nutrition were in the same college at the time, and after listening to Murphy, Schrader challenged her,…
Falk College and its Nutrition program will host the Second Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series featuring childhood nutrition expert and author, Jill Castle, MS, RDN, CDN, on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in Grant Auditorium. Her presentation, “Fueling the Growing Athlete: What’s In, What’s Out, & What’s Essential,” is free and open to the public. It will cover: Appropriate sports nutrition advice for young athletes. How to understand and avoid the food and feeding pitfalls that commonly plague growing athletes, such as back-loading food intake and unhealthy food environments. The hierarchy of food and nutrients when…
Syracuse University faculty, staff and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in Falk College graduate studies in child and family studies, food studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science, social work and sport management during its Graduate Program Information Session on Friday, November 4, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Grant Auditorium in White Hall, part of the Falk College Complex. The presentation will provide detailed information on Falk College graduate programs in: Child and Family Studies M.A., M.S., Ph.D. Marriage and Family Therapy M.A., Ph.D. Addiction Studies M.A. Food Studies M.S. Global Health M.S.…
Falk College today announced the opening of the Susan R. Klenk Learning Café and kitchens, a new hands-on learning laboratory to prepare students with traditional and emerging professional competencies for careers in food, nutrition, dietetics, and public health. A dedication ceremony, reception and tours will take place Friday, September 16 at 9:30 a.m., on the fifth floor of White Hall in the Falk Complex. The campus community is invited to attend. The new facility includes an experimental food lab kitchen, commercial kitchen, baking nook and café. A video camera system allows faculty and chef instructors to broadcast classes, food demonstrations…
The Falk College Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition will host food systems consultant and speaker Kate Clancy, Ph. D., Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in Falk Room 100 for her lecture, “Looking at Food Security in the Northeast Region Through Different Lenses.” Dr. Clancy is currently a food systems consultant, visiting scholar at the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, adjunct professor at Tufts University, and senior fellow in the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Minnesota. She worked as a nutrition and policy advisor at the…
Public health, food studies and nutrition instructor Jane Burrell Uzcategui took a trip to the New York State Fair to try many of the fair’s most famous foods and offer insight on how to indulge without going overboard. “The fair is fun, people are having a good time and that includes eating,” Uzcategui says. “But remember these foods are not meant to be your regular diet.”
A new SU Abroad summer offering brought Falk College students to points of significance in northern and western India, including New Delhi, Agra—home of the Taj Mahal—and Baroda to immerse themselves in the culture, food and healthcare systems of South Asia. Created by associate professor of nutrition, Sudha Raj, and associate professor of child and family studies, Kamala Ramadoss, the course incorporated online instruction on community-based projects and traditional food and healthcare systems prior to the group’s May 31 departure. Upon arrival to India, students visited schools, community program sites, such as a school for children with special needs and…
Robert Swanda, a double major in nutrition science in Falk College and biology in The College of Arts and Sciences was named a 2016 Syracuse University Scholar, the highest undergraduate academic honor that the university bestows. University Scholars represent the Class of 2016 at the May 15 Commencement ceremony and are selected through a competitive process that evaluates course work and academic achievement, creative work, and how a student has taken his or her knowledge and experience out of the classroom and engaged the world. “Robert is a curious and dedicated learner, an effective leader with a caring attitude and…