Falk College Instagram News

School of Social Work graduate student Benetta Dousuah is one of three talented and passionate Syracuse University student veterans who were recognized as 2024 Tillman Scholars, an award bestowed upon the next generation of public and private sector leaders committed to service beyond self...

Joey Gawrysiak was ⁠hired last August as executive director of the esports degree program to bring his visionary research and skills to campus. In this 'Cuse Conversations podcast, he discusses the evolution of the esports program, the progress made in its first year, what’s planned for the future, and more...

In comments provided to the Syracuse University internal communications team, Human Development and Family Science Associate Professor Matthew Mulvaney explores the actions being taken by school districts and the U.S. Surgeon General to curb the negative effects of social media on teens...

Tommy DaSilva ’26, a triple major, works part time at the LGBTQ Resource Center in Schine Student Center. “The LGBTQ Resource Center is great because it works with the IC to provide resources, trainings and programs to students,” he says...

Starting in mid-May, 19 students from Syracuse University-including 14 from Falk College–spent the start of their summer in Australia for the “Australia: Sport, History and Culture” class. Watch the video and read excerpts from the students’ daily blog while they were “Down Under”...

Earlier this spring nine female students from the Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Club from Falk College’s Department of Sport Management visited Philadelphia to meet with numerous sports organizations and industry professionals. One of the students, Livia McQuade, tell us about their trip...

Marriage and Family Therapy graduate students from Falk College provide counseling for trans people and other members of the LBGTQ+ community through the Transgender Affirmative Support Team. “Never underestimate the value of one affirming voice,” says Trans Team founder Deborah Coolhart...

For the NFL Draft in late April, six female students from Falk College’s Department of Sport Management --- Maddy Forster, Grace Froehlke. Aryssa Hopps, Claire Patin, Anna Pierce. and Ava Uribe --- enjoyed a unique learning experience as volunteers for the Detroit Sports Commission...

Benetta Dousuah, a School of Social Work graduate student, is well aware of the hardships experienced by Liberian families as her family escaped from Liberia during back-to-back civil wars. So she asked Social Workers United to help her with a drive to collect school supplies for Liberian children...

Earlier this month, Falk College honored the five faculty and two staff members who are retiring this year for their contributions and dedicated service. The honorees included Thom deLara, Dennis Deninger, Donna Fecteau, Eric Kingson, Eileen Lantier, Dianne Seeley, and Michael Veley...

Professors Dennis Deninger, Bernard Appiah, and Joey Merrin were honored with Falk College Faculty of the Year awards for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, and internal and professional service contributions in 2024...

In these videos and this story, meet the two Syracuse University Scholars from Falk College and the 10 Falk College Scholars, who discuss their most memorable experiences at Syracuse, their impact at Falk and Syracuse, and their advice for incoming students...

Over spring break, 20 sport analytics students from Falk College enjoyed a once-in-lifetime opportunity to visit Milan, Bologna, Florence, and Rome and witness first-hand the impact of analytics on the highest level of European soccer. Experience their trip through this video and story...

Meet Health and Exercise Science alumnae Veronica Tearney and Jennifer Speicher, who’ll tell us why they chose Syracuse University’s Exercise Science program, what advice they have for current Exercise Science students, how faculty members helped them achieve their goals, and more...

From analytics competitions to the National Sport Analytics Championship to the presentation of research at prestigious conferences, the Sport Analytics program is proving to be “the crème de la crème of what Syracuse University can offer,” says Falk College benefactor David Falk (left)...

The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics will become the David B. Falk College of Sport - a first-of-its-kind college focused exclusively on sport-related disciplines. At the same time, strategies are in place to position the human dynamics academic programs for future success and impact...

It’s a Thursday morning at Elbridge Elementary School, where Universal Pre-Kindergarten students are learning about healthy eating habits through a program developed and taught by a team of professors and students from multiple departments in Falk College ...

A research team that includes Public Health professors Bryce Hruska and David Larsen is studying how place-based community factors contribute to, or protect against, an elevated risk of firearm violence in certain ethnic neighborhoods. The team’s findings may help shape Syracuse’s I-81 Viaduct Project...

The third “Falk in D.C. Career Exploration” trip this past fall to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., had a new twist: For the first time, the trip included separate tracks for health/human services and sport-related careers as the 27 students who participated represented all Falk College programs ...

Falk College is pleased to welcome Laura Moretti Reece, a certified specialist in sports dietetics, as the featured speaker of the Eighth Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series. Her March 26 lecture on athletes with eating disorders is free and open to the public...