Department News
Creating Inclusive Communities
The 2023 AAIDD Research Award that Falk College Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Public Health Katherine McDonald received in June "recognizes her lengthy track record of interest and accomplishment in the field of intellectual disability"...
Vital Voice
Qingyang Liu, a graduate student in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) in Falk College, has been named graduate student representative to the Syracuse University Board of Trustees for the 2023-24 academic year. . .
Highlighting DEIA Initiatives
From using satire as a means for social change to better understanding the teachings of the Haudenosaunee, the breadth of DEIA efforts across Syracuse University will be on display at The D.E.I.A. Symposium Oct. 3. HDFS Associate Professor Kamala Ramadoss is one of the event’s organizers...
Real-World Experience
The International Drug Policy Academy, which was co-developed by public health professor Dessa Bergen-Cico, is one of several unique opportunities for students to obtain global experience that exposes them to new ways of thinking about substance abuse and addictive behaviors...
An Inside Look at a Solution Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Meet the public health professor on a quest to combat disease-carrying mosquitos. His secret weapon? The groundbreaking lure-and-kill device designed to outsmart these pests...
Where Belonging Begins
In 2006, Falk College student Regina A. Jones ’07 launched Syracuse University’s Native Student Program while studying for a bachelor’s degree in child and family studies (now Human Development and Family Science)...
Q&A With Falk College Dean Jeremy S. Jordan
Jeremy S. Jordan, new dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, was inspired to become an academic leader to be of service to others in pursuit of their aspirations...
Video: Explore Careers in D.C.
Each year, Falk College students from every major travel to Washington, D.C. to network with alumni and discover career opportunities in the D.C. area...
Giving Back
Public Health major Antonio Herrera became an English Conversation Group facilitator because he wanted to connect with the Syracuse University campus community and “do something that could genuinely help other students.” …
Welcome from the Dean
Dear Falk Students, it is with great excitement that I welcome you to campus as we start the fall semester. Like many of you, I am new to Syracuse and look forward to learning all that I can about this amazing institution, I encourage you to do the same...