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This year's Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Awards program honored La Joven Guardia del Teatro Latino founder José Miguel Hernández Hurtado and Falk College School of Social Work Professor Eric Kingson and remembered Social Work Professor Emeritus Alejandro Garcia ...

Trans Support Day 2024, which will be held March 23 at Peck Hall, will provide attendees with the opportunity to connect with local transgender-affirming providers and resources and offer “a space filled with hope, positivity, and community support,” says organizer Tristan Martin...

At Peck Hall just north of the Syracuse University campus, student therapists from Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy are providing thousands of much-needed therapy sessions to individuals, couples, and families from the Syracuse community...

As a U.S. Army veteran, School of Social Work graduate student Benetta Dousuah is committed to supporting service members and veterans dealing with mental health challenges. “Our mental health is not taken as seriously as it should be,” she says. Read more about Benetta in this SU News story ...

Ken Marfilius, a U.S. Air Force veteran and assistant dean of online education at Falk College, and Nick Amstrong, a U.S. Army veteran and head of public sector at Cabana, created a partnership that will tap into the combined strengths of both organizations to benefit military veterans and Social Work students ...

On Feb. 13, Social Workers United students delivered Valentine’s Day cards, heart-shaped donuts, and balloons to the residents of Brookdale Summerfield Senior Living. “We were happy to do something special for a group of people who did not expect to be celebrated,” says SWU president Mary Claytor...

Seniors Collin Kneiss, Nicholas Kamimoto, Tyler Bolebruch, and Marissa Schneider from Falk College’s Sport Analytics program will travel to Dallas, Texas, Feb. 21-22 to compete in the AXS National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship and defend Syracuse University’s national title...

Falk College boasts a robust, collaborative research community in which students play an active role. Danny Baris (sport analytics), Sarah Dellett (nutrition science), and Mingxuan (Jessica) Li (public health) are three Falk students who have been recently honored for their research achievements...

A recent study by Falk College sport analytics professors Shane Sanders and Justin Ehrlich shows the value of 3-point shots in the NBA is now less than 2-pointers. Sanders and Ehrlich will present their research at the prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference March 1-2 in Boston...

The new esports communications and management degree program offered jointly by Falk College and the Newhouse School has appointed three new staff members: Program Manager Nikita Bair, Director of Production and Outreach Sean Kelly, and Director of Competition Travis Yang...

U.S. Navy veteran Raul Rosique Jr., who’ll graduate from Falk College this spring with a bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science, gravitated toward physical therapy after breaking his leg. “Physical therapists changed my whole perspective of health and exercise,” Rosique says ...

According to a ground-breaking study led by Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen, wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings and can help manage the public health response to COVID at schools...

Katherine McDonald, Ph.D., has been named Senior Associate Dean for Research and Administration in Falk College, where under her leadership with the Office of Research Development “the College has experienced steady growth in research activity by every measure,” says Dean Jeremy Jordan ...

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, graduate director and associate professor of food studies in Falk College, was recently recognized as a 2024 American Association of Geographers Fellow for her many contributions to the field of geography, including research and teaching...

The Sobczak Family Student Support Endowed Fund was created to help Falk College students who are experiencing financial hardship. “This (fund) is to help set them up to be as successful as their peers, and that way everybody is on the same playing field as much as they can be,” Dee Anna Sobczak says ...

Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen is in Austria for the Spring 2024 semester after he received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck ...

At its 19th Annual Charity Sports Auction in November, the Sport Management Club at Falk College raised $48,000 for Tillie’s Touch, a local not-for-profit organization that provides the necessary sports and/or school equipment for a child when their family is unable to do so ...

In this story from Syracuse University News, Social Work graduate student Benetta Dousuah and Exercise Science major Jack Pullano are among the current student veterans and campus leaders who reflect on their military careers and discuss the valuable lessons they learned through enlisting ...

Remembering his days as a student, sports marketing expert Brandon Steiner ’81 created the Steiner Student Support Fund that “supports health, housing, education, and overall wellbeing of Syracuse University undergraduate students enrolled in the Department of Sport Management.” ...

School of Social Work graduate student Tasha Washington says her internship last spring was another example of how the Social Work program “really cares about your success and the knowledge that you gain as you go out into the world.”...