Public Health News
Faculty of the Year Awards
Professors Jane Burrell, Lynn Brann, and Bryce Hruska were honored with Falk College Faculty of the Year awards for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, and internal and professional service contributions in 2023...
Syracuse University’s Highest Honor
Diane Lyden Murphy, dean of the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, received the Chancellor's Medal at the One University Awards Ceremony that celebrated the excellence across Syracuse University...
Class of 2023 Falk Scholars
Being named a Falk College Scholar is the highest academic award conferred by Falk on graduating seniors. Meet the 14 Class of 2023 Falk Scholars and read about their most meaningful experiences at Syracuse University...
Supporting Mental Health
A growing partnership between the Whitman School and Falk College was a key factor when David ’91 and Dina Nass ’91 made a $500,000 gift for a new initiative that will support students’ personal and professional development at the intersection of business and mental health.
Changing the World
After being named a 2023 Falk College Scholar and Syracuse University Scholar, public health major Kiersten Edwards will continue to honor her late brother by embarking on a career that will help people "who are forgotten."
New Interdisciplinary Programs
Connect Public Health, Business
Two new dual degree programs from Falk College and the Whitman School of Management will prepare students to be versatile, multidisciplinary and future-leading thinkers who will meet important challenges related to public health and business . . .
Everything We Do
For National Public Health Week April 3-9, the Department of Public Health is presenting several public events that Associate Teaching Professor and event organizer Lisa Olson-Gugerty says will show us public health is "everything we do in everyday life" ...
COVID’s Heavy Toll
A team of Syracuse University and University of Pittsburgh researchers led by Public Health Assistant Professor Bryce Hruska found that even those health care workers who are not formally diagnosed as suffering from PTSD still experience critical health symptoms . . .
More Than COVID-19
According to recent research from a team led by Falk public health Associate Professor David Larsen, wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases is expected work for other infectious diseases that affect humans, including monkeypox and polio...
A Path to Public Health
Renée Verdi's ultimate goal is to advocate for reform in the healthcare industry. To get her started on that career path, she was a dual major in public health and policy studies and recently joined the health team for a strategic communications firm...