Department News
Falk student research explores right to food violations for transgender youth
Professor Bellows (left) with Bea FryFrom St. Paul, Minnesota, Syracuse University senior Bea Fry ’20 is a food studies and international relations double major in Falk College and the Maxwell School with a minor in Spanish. Their interests lie at the intersection of food and social justice. “I am passionate about exploring the lived experiences of queer people of color, and especially the complic…
Helping seniors age in place: Career paths for social workers in legal settings
Wendy Goidel, Esq. Wendy K. Goidel, Esq., ’84, principal of the Goidel Law Group, founded the Geriatric Care Advocacy Center® to promote awareness about an alarming national epidemic – the shortage of geriatricians, allied health care professionals and other helping/service practitioners trained to support the aging population. “I am passionate about helping seniors to safely and successfully age…
Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars lead Remembrance Week events, activities
This year marks the 31st anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988 and the 30th cohorts of Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars on the Syracuse University campus. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Those students, wh…
School of Social Work Sponsors “Theater of War”
On Oct. 17, members of the Syracuse-area professional community gathered on Syracuse University’s South Campus for a full day of veteran cultural competency training followed by “Theater of War,” an innovative public health project designed to encourage thought and discussion around the impact of war and its challenges faced by military service members, veterans, their caregivers and their familie…
Syracuse University’s Falk College Announces Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree
MPH degree prepares students to have a global impact by reducing health disparities produced by economic, social, and environmental inequalities. Syracuse University students from public health and other disciplines traveled to Nicaragua in 2018 as part of the Global Medical Brigades. Photo courtesy of Melanie Tacher ’19Syracuse University’s Falk College today announced a Master of Public Health (…
Department of Exercise Science to Transition to a New Home
With its academic and research focus on improving the health and well-being of individuals and communities, the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics will soon be the new “home” for the Department of Exercise Science, currently housed in the School of Education. This move, which becomes effective in July 2020, is intended to align academic programs with unique synergies and expand inte…
Students share how Falk Career Services Office benefits them
Students at a Networking Workshop hosted by Falk Career Services. Students at Syracuse University’s Falk College have dedicated their lives to helping individuals, families, and communities through careers in nutrition and food studies, social work, marriage and family therapy, public health, and human development. When they find the right career path, we all benefit. The Falk College Office of Ca…
Advancing scholarly inquiry into connections between religion, spirituality and social change
Merril SilversteinApproximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials—young adults born 1981 and later—profess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is decoupled from prosocial goals and spirituality in contemporary young adults is one of…
Public health degree leads to emergency response management opportunities
Jennifer Molina ’14, Public Health is pictured here in the Peace Corps.After graduating from Falk College in 2014 with a degree in Public Health, Jennifer Molina joined the Peace Corps and traveled to Guatemala as a maternal and child health volunteer. One of her major accomplishments was developing, implementing, and evaluating a six-month behavior change seminar with local health professionals.…
Sport analytics students work with EDGE10 to explore, manage player performance data
Beginning in 2018, Syracuse University students enrolled in SAL 213-Sport Data Analysis gained exposure to the player health and performance sides of sport analytics to uncover valuable, yet-to-be-discovered data insights. EDGE10, a leading provider of athlete management software, working with Professor Rodney Paul, director of the Falk College sport analytics program, and sport analytics academic…