A study funded by the National Institutes of Health is seeking participants who are 9, 10 or 11 years old, reside in 13057, 13202, 13203, 13204, 13205, 13206, 13207, 13208, 13209, 13210, 13211, 13212, 13214, 13215, 13219 & 13224 and consider their race as either African-American or Caucasian. Participants will be compensated $100 for their participation and parents will receive $50 towards transportation. Lead, an environmental toxicant, is known to cause serious mental and developmental defects in children and young adults. Recent research may indicate that lead affects the cardiovascular system (heart and veins). We hope to learn more about…
Three years ago, Sport Management graduate Max Levitt ’11 founded a nonprofit called Leveling the Playing Field, whose mission is to improve the opportunity for low-income families to get involved in youth sports through the donation of used/excess sporting equipment. While a student at SU, Levitt spent three seasons as an equipment manager with the Syracuse University football program, and said he inspired to research how to get used sporting equipment into the hands of underprivileged children and low-income families. “Every day, I communicate with various sources of donated sporting equipment from collegiate athletic departments, youth sports leagues, and families,”…
Aging studies scholars from around the world convened at Syracuse University June 3-6 for the Aging Families/Changing Families International Conference hosted by the Aging Studies Institute and the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committees on Aging and Family. More than 120 attendees participated in the three-day event that included daily keynote speakers, 17 sessions and 78 presentations of original research focused on aging in the context of family life. The Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging Studies, Merril Silverstein. Ph.D., organized the conference, which was sponsored by the Maxwell School and Falk College, where he holds join appointments. In his invitation…
Professor of Social work, Nancy Mudrick, has been selected for a Fulbright/Alsace Regional Award in France for Spring 2016 and will be hosted by Institut Supérieur Social de Mulhouse and Université de Haut Alsace. Her Fulbright project, Implementation of the 2005 French disability law at the local level; Strengthening a French-U.S. partnership in social work education, studies the implementation of the 2005 French disability law’s goals of self-determination and autonomy of people with disabilities. She will lecture on disability and evaluation methodology, consult on bachelor’s and master’s-level social work education, and further develop a collaborative course for SU and French…
Syracuse University food studies faculty and students traveled to the University of Vermont to attend the 2015 UVM Food Systems Summit June 16-17. It is an annual event drawing scholars, practitioners, and food systems leaders to engage in dialogue on the pressing food systems issues facing our world. On June 17, Professor of Food Studies, Dr. Anne Bellows, participated on the Geopolitical Context panel on the topic of, Gender, Nutrition, and the Human Right to Adequate Food: Toward an Inclusive Framework. Professor Bellows will release a book by that same title with colleagues this fall, exploring the status of women…
The annual graduate student awards were presented on May 4, 2015. Yue Zhang CFS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award This award is given to a graduate student demonstrating a strong commitment to teaching and learning. Woosang Hwang Alice Sterling Honig Award This award is presented to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding scholarship in child development and family studies. Rachel Linsner CFS Master’s Award for Research Excellence This award is given to a Master’s student in Child and Family Studies who has excelled in academic achievement, research practice and leadership qualities. Bora Jin CFS Doctorate Award for Research Excellence This…
“I do not believe in luck. But I believe in ‘tesfa,’ which “means hope in the Ethiopian Tigrinya language. It has given me comfort throughout my chaotic, unwritten journey in my pursuit for education,” says Aziza Mustefa, one of two Falk College marshals who will lead the Class of 2015 during Convocation and Commencement ceremonies in May. Mustefa is a dean’s list student majoring in public health who will begin graduate studies this fall at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. As she navigated through her undergraduate career in Falk College, she realized there is a deep connection between…
Falk College is pleased to announce four faculty members from its Departments of Child and Family Studies and Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition were recently promoted and tenured, including: Dr. Dessa Bergen Cico, Associate Professor, Public Health; Dr. Eunjoo Jung, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies; Dr. Kamala Ramadoss, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies, and; Dr. Rachel Razza, Associate Professor, Child and Family Studies.
It was the third week of the Spring 2012 semester when a student approached public health professor Jim Byrne, JD, CASAC, asking to enroll in one of his more demanding courses that met once weekly. He explained the challenging amount of work required to catch up after missing the first two weeks of class. For many students it would seem daunting. But for Sabrina Marsha-Gaye Cammock, she welcomed the challenge. Her commitment to immediately do three weeks of readings and submit a series of high-quality written assignments to catch up was admirable and unstoppable. And successful. Her work product far…
Falk College will celebrate the Class of 2015 and its accomplishments on Saturday, May 9 at 4:00 p.m., Manley Field House. Falk College’s Class of 2015 includes 312 undergraduates, 142 master’s candidates and 27 students earning Certificates of Advanced Study. Four Ph.D. students will receive their hoods symbolizing the highest level of degree achievement. A baccalaureate degree in public health will be awarded posthumously to Sabrina Cammock. Falk College Marshals Sam Rodgers, Nutrition Aziza Mustefa, Public Health Undergraduate Department Marshals Francheska Bravo, Child & Family Studies Mary Briggman, Nutrition Will Fancher, Nutrition Science Lisa Cianciotta, Public Health Leah Elsbeck, Social…
