In January 2015, Sarah Skinner, a graduate student majoring in nutrition science in Falk College, secured a four- week unpaid internship with St. Vincent Sports Performance, a national and highly competitive nutrition internship with only four interns selected annually. For Sarah, the St. Vincent internship allowed her to get a real-world glimpse of her career goal of working with a sport team (professional or collegiate level). The internship was a hands-on sports nutrition experience where she worked one-on-one with potential NFL players preparing to enter the NFL Combine, Pro Days, and the Draft. She was able to work under a…
Falk College food studies students, led by assistant professor Evan Weissman, recently hosted chefs from Burma, Eritrea, Japan, South Sudan, and Somalia in the Falk College teaching kitchens in preparation for a recent My Lucky Tummy community dinner, which celebrates the local refugee and new American communities in Syracuse through food. Falk food studies students volunteered in advance of the community dinner, and at the event, working alongside the chefs, who are now local to the Syracuse area, to support their needs. “Food provides a really important vehicle to learn about other cultures,” says Weissman. My Lucky Tummy was started…
The Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine’s next Grand Rounds is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. on February 19, in Room 2231 Weiskotten Hall on the Upstate Medical University campus. Brooks Gump, Ph.D., MPH, Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health, will be the featured guest speaker. Low-Level Environmental Toxins and Children’s Health is the title of Dr. Gump’s talk.
In the February 2 edition of Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal, David Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management Rick Burton provides insights for sports entrepreneurs and enthusiasts as he, and co-author Norm O’Reilly, the Richard P. & Joan S. Fox Professor of Business and chair of the Department of Sports Administration at Ohio University, offer a visionary look into what 2015 holds for the sports industry. The column, “Second-tier events, health initiatives will gain foothold in 2015,” suggests a new era of sports is coming. Consistent with conversations in Falk College classrooms, Professor Burton’s column details participation sports and…
A sign outside of Professor of Social Work Eric Kingson’s campus office reads, hands off our children & grandchildren’s Social Security, which is one of several key messages found in the book he recently co-authored with attorney, author and long-time colleague Nancy Altman entitled, “Social Security Works! Why Social Security Isn’t Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All.” With the book’s release on January 21, the two continue to champion our Social Security system on the national agenda, noting its extraordinary public support across all demographic and political groups. The right answer to risks facing working Americans…
Dear Falk Undergraduate and Grad. Students, Please join Falk College Dean, Diane Lyden Murphy, and your classmates for a Falk Student Community Meet-and-Greet. A date will be scheduled after Spring Break. Dean Murphy is interested in hearing your ideas about student needs in our new building. What would you like to see in the student lounge? What makes your study space ideal? Hear about renovations in-the-works, including space for student services, food services, and collaborative learning. Pizza, salad and soda will be served! Share your suggestions via email.
The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition at Syracuse University’s Falk College continues to actively recruit for the Syracuse Lead Study. Eligible zip codes are 13202, 13203, 13204, 13205, 13206, 13207, 13208, 13210 and 13224. The study is examining environmental toxins (lead) that collect in our system and how that impacts stress response and cardiovascular health. “Recruitment will continue until we reach our goal of 300 participants,” says Dr. Brooks Gump, Principal Investigator for the Syracuse Lead Study and Falk Family Endowed Professor at Syracuse University. In addition to residence in the outlined zip codes, participants need to…
Sport Management professor Dr. John Wolohan and Sport Management senior Scott Kevy ’15 co-authored an article for the Athletic Business magazine’s January/February 2015 edition on the Kent State University case involving the shifting of a defensive coordinator on the football team to a non-coaching position.
Syracuse University School of Nursing Class of ‘64 gathered in Seneca Falls to celebrate its 50th reunion in May, 2014. From the Carolinas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Oregon, California, Texas and West Virginia, 17 members of the class of 24 gathered to reminisce, catch up on news, view pictures and memorabilia and just enjoy one another. This class of only 24 have earned 3 PhDs, more than 10 master’s degrees, and 1 nurse practitioner. We have been directors of nursing in health care agencies, taught nursing, worked as clinical nurse specialists in numerous fields, and served in the military,…
by Abigail Aaron Child and Family Studies Major During the Spring of my Junior Year I was fortunate enough to study in the amazingly beautiful yet unique country of South Africa, in the city of Durban located on the western coast of South Africa. The program that I was enrolled in was titled, Community Health and Social Policy, and so I took courses that discussed healthcare delivery in South Africa including the practice, prevention and promotion of healthcare, as well as the role that the media plays on influencing the wide range of health topics in South Africa. My classes…
