BrainFeeders, a student organization in Falk College’s Food Studies program, is working to establish long-lasting food access and justice programs throughout the SU/ESF campus. The group is partnering with Common Threads CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) to have SU’s first-ever CSA drop off location on campus, which started in August. BrainFeeders has also partnered with the Student Association to provide free transportation from campus to the Regional Market on Saturdays in the fall. View schedule for Regional Market Shuttle. BrainFeeders’ faculty advisor is Professor Rick Welsh, who is department chair of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition. The Daily Orange recently…
Brandon Steiner ’81 will receive Syracuse University’s highest alumni honor, The Arents Award, on October 23. He has continued his commitment to Syracuse University and its students through service to Falk College and its Department of Sport Management as a member of its Advisory Council, which he currently chairs, and as a teacher and guest lecturer in several classes. “We are deeply privileged for the opportunity to work with Brandon. His life exemplifies the best qualities of Orange spirit-the willingness to work hard, a genuine concern for others, and a sincere desire and willingness to change the lives of others…
Taught in Syracuse during the Spring 2016 semester and in Italy, May 24-June 7, 2016 This course will provide you with an opportunity to experience one of the most renowned cuisines in the world. What is the Mediterranean diet and why do people eat this way? How many ways can we really define the Mediterranean diet, based upon regional and cultural differences? We will investigate the historic, geographic, and socio-economic underpinnings of the Mediterranean diet. We will critique the health benefits and implications of following a Mediterranean diet. We will discuss the current dietary habits of people surrounding the Mediterranean…
Chang Hwan Oh was not good at yelling at people. He’s soft-spoken with a calm demeanor. But when he was selected as a drill instructor for the Republic of Korea Army, he didn’t have much of a choice. “I couldn’t yell at people, but in the army I had to. That was something I’d never done, but later I got used to it,” Oh said. Oh is a 22-year-old second-year student at Syracuse University. Between his freshman and sophomore years he spent 21 months in charge of recruits at a training battalion in Daegu, South Korea. His service fulfilled…
Associate professors of child and family studies, Drs. Eunjoo Jung and Rachel Razza, are the newly named undergraduate and graduate directors, respectively, in the Department of Child and Family Studies. As undergraduate director, Dr. Jung works in conjunction with the department chair and oversees all undergraduate programs and operations including curriculum development, student inquiries, advising, and undergraduate awards. Her research focuses on student learning and educational environment. Specifically, she explores how family and school factors affect children’s capacity to cope with challenging educational and environments. As graduate director, Dr. Razza works in conjunction with the department chair and oversees all…
Falk College today announced the opening of the Nutrition Assessment, Consultation and Education (ACE) Center, a new hands-on learning laboratory to prepare students with traditional and emerging professional competencies critical to effective nutrition practice. A ribbon cutting ceremony, tours and a reception will take place Friday, September 25 at 11:00 a.m., 202 MacNaughton Hall, in the Falk Complex. A generous and visionary gift from Falk College alumna, Rhoda Dearman Morrisroe ‘69, made the ACE Center possible. It includes two lecture halls, one with a demonstration kitchen and one with a teaching station; two small private consultation rooms; a physical assessment…
Dietetic interns visit local farm Earlier this semester, dietetic internship director, Deb Connolly, took the dietetic interns (CAS program) to a local beef farm, as she has for the past couple of years, with Cindy Chan Phillips, an alumna of the Nutrition program who is the nutrition consultant for the NY Beef Council.
Food as Medicine As part of the day-long celebration commemorating the Falk College’s Nutrition Assessment, Consultation and Education (ACE) Center, Amanda Archibald, owner of Field-to-Plate will use the Center’s new demo kitchen to lead the presentation “Food as Medicine.” The new ACE Center is made possible by a generous gift from Falk almuna Rhoda Dearman Morrisroe ’69. The presentation will take place Friday, September 25 at 1:45-3:00pm, 204 MacNaughton Hall, in the Falk Complex. Amanda Archibald’s contribution to food and nutrition is channeled through her nationally acclaimed company, Field to Plate®. This visionary company creates dynamic food and culinary education…
“Taking Back Our Health through Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture,” the first-ever Syracuse Food Justice Symposium, will focus on grassroots urban agriculture and food justice. Scheduled to take place October 2-3, it is organized by a broad coalition of grassroots organizations, not-for-profit agencies, community gardeners, interested stakeholders and Syracuse University partners, including the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in Falk College, the Department of African American Studies and the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Canary Lab in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Education, and SUNY ESF’s Department…
Sport Management sophomore Sarah Gardner works in public relations for Syracuse University Athletics. After events at the Carrier Dome are finished, Gardner assists with the press conferences, taking quotes for cuse.com and aiding reporters, sitting alongside the players and coaches.
