Department News
A Nourishing Alliance
A third-year medical student at Upstate noticed a gap in the medical school curriculum—nutrition. Aware of the role nutrition plays in many diseases she and doctors at Upstate collaborated with professors at Syracuse University to design a new course, "Food as Medicine"...
Enhancing the Fan Experience
Students from Falk College's Department of Sport Management will be working with Syracuse Athletics and the sports entertainment company Legends to deliver "a world class fan and student-athlete experience" at SU sporting events...
Making A World of Difference
Falk's School of Social Work is encouraging faculty, staff and students to donate at least one item this month for the Huntington Family Centers food pantry. Says graduate student Kiara Marie Lee, "Something that seems small could make a world of difference to someone else”...
The Impact of Play
For Jaipaul Roopnarine, a difficult childhood in Guyana led to a lifetime dedicated to studying the emotional and cognitive rewards of child-child and parent-child play and sharing that information with colleagues from low- and middle-income countries.
Falk students provide essential therapy services while gaining clinical practice
Marriage and family therapy is one of the fastest-growing mental health disciplines. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 16 percent growth in employment of marriage and family therapists from 2020 to 2030...
Bringing Hope to Others
"I think hope and persistence are a light that I want to shine for others in food system spaces," says Anna Zoodsma, who is already putting her vision into practice as a volunteer for an organization that provides farmland to New Americans ...
Gold Medal Goals
A former Syracuse Orange student-athlete and health and exercise science graduate pursues her Olympic dream. Akane Hosoyamada ’15 is competing for Team Japan in her second trip to the Olympics...
Fuel for Success
Alumna leads nutrition program to help athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid rise to their potential. When the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics get underway, Maggie McCrudden ’14 helped energize U.S. athletes on their arduous journey to the Games...