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FALKTALK | ISSUE 13 | FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Anna Zoodsma works in a field at Salt City Harvest Farm.

Food studies graduate student Anna Zoodsma (right) works at Salt City Harvest Farm. Here she is harvesting daikon radishes with farm manager Jay Regmi.

Message from the Dean

Dear Falk College Family,

The Spring 2022 semester is well underway and Falk students, alumni and faculty are making strides in research and practice in a wide variety of fields. I invite Falk College alumni, friends and families to join us for upcoming events and make note of important dates for 2022. Thank you for being part of our Falk family.

Diane Lyden Murphy, M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.
Dean, Falk College

Headlines

Improving the Food System

Anna Zoodsma works in the field at Salt City Harvest, a Syracuse-area farm.

As a volunteer for Salt City Harvest Farm, food studies graduate student Anna Zoodsma connects her love of the outdoors with her love of food. “As I learned more about things such as agroecology, seed sovereignty and farm worker experiences, I began to see how our whole world is connected through food.” Read Anna’s story.

Building a Sustainable Future

Ruby Liu stands in the stadium with the football end zone in the background.

As a sport venue and event management graduate student, Yuqi (Ruby) Liu G’21 collaborated with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Sports sustainability team—sustainability and athletic staff and student-athletes across the 15 ACC schools—to help Syracuse Athletics and the stadium become more sustainable. Read Ruby’s story.

News

In Practice

Falk College building exterior through the trees on a sunny day.

Virtual Field Experiences

A new pilot program for virtual field experiences allows social work students to engage with standardized patients to gain clinical skills, a teaching method long used by medical schools. Read more about field experiences.

A marriage and family therapy student works with a family seated around a table.

Serving the Community

Marriage and family therapy students complete 500 direct client hours of therapy under the supervision of licensed marriage and family therapists. At the Couple and Family Therapy Center, a clinic that provides free therapy services to the community, 19 therapists provided 5,256 therapy sessions to 341 individuals in 2021. Read more about the students’ work in the community.

In Research

Jaipaul Roopnarine and his colleagues stand for a group photo.

Benefits of Childhood Play

Human development and family science professor Jaipaul Roopnarine and his colleagues from Pennsylvania State University and Bloomsburg University organized a November symposium on the benefits of childhood play that was hosted by the University of Guyana and the Ministry of Education in Guyana. Read more about the symposium.

Research Ethics Training

Led by Falk College professor of public health Katherine McDonald (pictured) and Ariel Schwartz, assistant professor of occupational therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions, a new research project aims to help individuals with developmental disabilities affecting cognition contribute fully to community-engaged research. Read more about research ethics.

Alumni

At the Olympics

Gold Medal Goals

Akane Hosoyamada ’15 is competing for Team Japan in her second trip to the Olympics. The exercise science alumna and former Syracuse Orange student-athlete first competed in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Read Akane’s story.

Maggie McCrudden shows off the lineup for making pierogies.

Fuel for Success

Alumna Maggie McCrudden ’14 is the food and nutrition registered dietitian for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee in Lake Placid, where she fuels elite athletes and provides nutrition education. Read Maggie’s story.

Events

Join Us

From career webinars to fascinating podcasts, the Syracuse University Alumni Association is keeping you connected to Syracuse University—virtually! Visit cusecommunity.syr.edu to stay up-to-date on upcoming events. In addition, you can find events on the University’s Community Calendar and the Falk College Events calendar.

Alumni Association