Department News
A Fighting Spirit
When Falk College sport venue and event management master’s degree student and Syracuse University basketball player Tiana Mangakahia ’19, G’21 returned to the court this season, she scored a major personal victory.
Highlights aplenty from unique Fall 2020 semester
Though this semester was unlike any other here at Syracuse University, we’re incredibly proud of our students, who continued to make huge strides in their academic programs. Also, our faculty continued to make an impact on the sport industry by giving numerous conference presentations and having their research published. It was a semester where guest speakers were hosted virtually and meetings con…
Healthy You Fall 2020 now available!
The latest edition of the Healthy You newsmagazine created by students for students is now available. Created by students in PHP 227–Healthy You Practicum taught by Professor Luvenia Cowart, the publication encourages healthy behaviors on the Syracuse University campus and beyond. The Fall 2020 edition includes wide-ranging news stories, from how to maintain a healthy routine during the COVID-19…
Sport Analytics senior jumps at chance to intern with Buffalo Bills
Syracuse University Sport Analytics major Drew DiSanto ’21 spent the Fall 2020 semester working on-site for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Although the full-time, paid internship meant taking a leave of absence from his SU classes for the semester, DiSanto knew it was an opportunity he could not pass up.
A Winning Connection
Student-athlete and nutrition major studies the links between environmental and personal health. Throughout Eva Scott’s childhood, her family gathered in the evenings for dinner. On weekdays, it was her father who cooked; on weekends, her mother. From a young age, Scott and her two sisters helped with meal preparation and clean up. Scott, now a senior majoring in nutrition science in Syracuse Univ…
Falk College exemplifies public health in action
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate this past spring, graduate students in a Falk College applied epidemiology class hosted a public forum for the campus community. According to public health graduate student, Tim Bryant, when Professor David Larsen asked if students had questions regarding the virus, “it proceeded to be a 20-minute question and answer session. I made a statement that if we…
Talking to Kids About Race and Ethnicity
A professor of human development and family science discusses the importance of socialization, particularly among ethnic-racial minority families. How parents talk to their kids about racial inequality and trauma has taken on a sense of urgency, states Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, a researcher in Syracuse University’s Falk College. “Ethnic-racial socialization is positively linked to better academic out…
Nov. 17 webinar focuses on COVID-19’s impact on the sport industry
Falk College’s Department of Sport Management presented a free webinar on November 17 titled “COVID-19’s Impact on the Sport Industry.” The event moderated by Syracuse University graduate and NBC Sports Broadcaster Mike Tirico, ’88. Event participants L-R: David Larsen, Brittany Kmush, Mike Tirico, Nick Carparelli, Sandy Montag, Kevin RochlitzFalk College epidemiologists Dr. Brittany Kmush and Dr.…
Keeping the Ball in Her Own Court
Trailblazing alumna challenges gender discrimination in sports with help from a Supreme Court justice. Abbe Seldin, who fought against gender discrimination in athletics as a teenager with the help of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, continues to play tennis at home on Cape Cod. Photo courtesy of Cape Cod Times—Stephen Heaslip When Abbe Seldin ’78 and her parents toured the Syracuse University campus during h…
Wastewater Surveillance
Syracuse-based team of scientists targets novel coronavirus with an early warning system to help communities prepare for potential outbreaks. David Larsen, associate professor of public health at Falk College (pictured here in his office), sees wastewater surveillance as a way to monitor potential COVID-19 outbreaks at the local level. When epidemiologist David Larsen learned last spring that scie…