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Free mental health services through MFT partnership
A partnership between Syracuse Community Connections (SCC) and Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) at Syracuse University is bringing free-of-charge, confidential mental health services to the Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility. Children, teens, seniors, and families accessing other services at this site can now access counseling without costly insurance co-payments or…
On a Winning Streak: Syracuse Sport Analytics Students Prove They’re Ready to Storm the Industry
Professor Rodney Paul with students in the Milton Conrad Sport Technology Lab.Assembling a championship-caliber team and a profitable business organization is a challenge that sports owners, executives and managers face every day in the ultra-competitive world of sports. Increasingly, they are turning to data analytics for an advantage. Whether it is predicting player performance, athlete injury r…
Kmush receives Johns Hopkins Thesis Research Publication Award
Brittany Kmush, Ph.D. Brittany Kmush, Ph.D., received a 2018 Thesis Research Publication Award from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health for her dissertation entitled, “Risk factors for antibody loss after Hepatitis E virus natural infection and vaccination.” Dr. Kmush received both a Ph.D. and a master of science in infectious disease epidemiology fr…
Falk students, founders of Calm Connections host information session April 5
From left to right: Mabin, Hollie, and Reid. Photo credit Jelilat Williams. Courtesy of Calm Connections. Three doctoral students are on a mission to bring simple mindfulness techniques to children and teens in the Syracuse area to help them manage big feelings. Last year, Staceyann Reid, Aysha Mabin, and Brandon Hollie of Falk College co-founded Calm Connections, a Syracuse-based nonprofit organi…
Ryan Patel’s journey of discovery
Public Health senior Ryan Patel was the focus of Syracuse University’s “Be Orange” campaign this Spring 2019. Ryan is a double major—a B.S. in public health and a B.A.in biology—and a dedicated student ambassador with his sights set on medical school. As a University 100 Student Ambassador, Forever Orange Student Alumni Council (FOSAC) member, and volunteer for Syracuse’s Veterans Administration M…
Falk graduate students host Orange Guardians Kickoff April 8 to benefit Griffin’s Guardians
Falk College sport venue and event management students, in partnership with Syracuse University Athletics, will host the Orange Guardians Kickoff fundraiser with special guest Coach Dino Babers on Monday, April 8 at 6 p.m. at the Embassy Suites by Hilton at Destiny USA. The event will benefit Griffin’s Guardians, a local non-profit organization that supports families affected by pediatric cancer.…
Sudha Raj receives Excellence in Service Award from Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine
Sudha Raj, Ph.D., RDN, FAND Sudha Raj, Ph.D., RDN, FAND, teaching professor in the Falk College nutrition program, was the winner of the DIFM Excellence in Service Award from the Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The award was presented at the Annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C. on Octo…
Joan Christy Lecture Series Presents Culinary Demonstration with Celebrity Chef Julie Taboulie
Book cover The Falk College nutrition program will host “Lebanese Cuisine & Culture and Mediterranean Living,” a lecture presentation and live culinary demonstration with culinary star, TV host, and award-winning cookbook author Julie Taboulie, on Wednesday, March 20, at 4:30 p.m. in the Nutrition Assessment, Consultation and Education (ACE) Center demonstration kitchen, Room 204 in the Falk C…
A Tiny Home for Good, Lepa Jones of Mothers Against Gun Violence to Receive 2019 Rubenstein Social Justice Awards
Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein In commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month during March, the School of Social Work in Falk College will present its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award program on Monday, March 25, at 6:45 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The keynote address will be given by Colonel Parker Schenecker, United States Army (retired), titled, “Overcoming Advers…