Sport Management News
High Honors
Falk College boasts a robust, collaborative research community in which students play an active role. Danny Baris (sport analytics), Sarah Dellett (nutrition science), and Mingxuan (Jessica) Li (public health) are three Falk students who have been recently honored for their research achievements...
When 2 > 3
A recent study by Falk College sport analytics professors Shane Sanders and Justin Ehrlich shows the value of 3-point shots in the NBA is now less than 2-pointers. Sanders and Ehrlich will present their research at the prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference March 1-2 in Boston...
Joining the Team
The new esports communications and management degree program offered jointly by Falk College and the Newhouse School has appointed three new staff members: Program Manager Nikita Bair, Director of Production and Outreach Sean Kelly, and Director of Competition Travis Yang...
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 ...
Supporting Student Experience
Megan Myers, who has been named Falk College’s new Assistant Dean of Advancement, joined the Falk advancement team in 2018 and has a history of creating partnerships that have grown the College and created new opportunities for students and faculty ...
The Right Touch
At its 19th Annual Charity Sports Auction in November, the Sport Management Club at Falk College raised $48,000 for Tillie’s Touch, a local not-for-profit organization that provides the necessary sports and/or school equipment for a child when their family is unable to do so ...
Paying It Forward
Remembering his days as a student, sports marketing expert Brandon Steiner ’81 created the Steiner Student Support Fund that “supports health, housing, education, and overall wellbeing of Syracuse University undergraduate students enrolled in the Department of Sport Management.” ...
‘An Exciting Time’
Syracuse University’s new esports communications and management program - a partnership between Falk College and the Newhouse School of Public Communications - launches in 2024 and program director Joey Gawrysiak looks ahead at three trends for the industry in 2024 – and beyond...
A Winning Team
Here’s what three sport analytics students have to say about the one-of-a-kind partnership between Syracuse University’s Athletics Department and Falk’s Department of Sport Management that’s allowing nearly 50 sport analytics majors to provide crucial performance data to women’s and men’s teams ...
Podcast: Love From Tragedy
In this ‘Cuse Conversations podcast, Sport Management alumna Hannah (Visnosky) Rafferty ’16 and her husband, Luke Rafferty ’16, discuss how they met through the Remembrance Scholars program that honors the 35 Syracuse University students lost in the Pam Am 103 bombing 35 years ago...