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Health & Society

Q&A: Kelly Lux Talks about Using Electronics on Planes

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Kelly Lux, director of social media at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), answered some questions about the recent change in Federal Aviation Administration rules regarding the use of electronic devices by airplane passengers. Passengers are now allowed to use…

Campus & Community

Falk College Graduate Studies Information Session Nov. 16

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty, staff and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in the Falk College’s graduate programs in child and family studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science and dietetics, social work and sport management during…

Campus & Community

CROP Walk steps off on Oct. 20

Monday, October 14, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The annual CROP Walk for Hunger will take place in Syracuse on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 12:30 p.m. All members of the University community are invited to participate and join the fight against hunger locally and internationally. SU’s participation in…

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Penny Lane to Give Talk

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Penny Lane is to give a talk on Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer. Penny Lane is a filmmaker (and occasional video artist, writer, curator and professor of film, video and new media art)….

Health & Society

Brooks Gump Named Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health

Friday, October 4, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University. Gump joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.

Arts & Culture

VPA Students Design Options for Onondaga Creekwalk Logo

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By Erica Blust

The City of Syracuse wants the input of citizens on the design of the new logo advertising the Onondaga Creekwalk. The logo options were designed as part of a class project by communications design students from the Class of 2013…

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Michael Robinson Will Give a Talk on Oct. 8

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Michael Robinson will give a talk on Oct. 8 at 2 pm. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer. Robinson is an American film, video and collage artist whose work explores the joys and dangers of mediated experience, riding the fine…

Campus & Community

October Turns into WALKTOBER on SU Campus

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, By News Staff

October is a great time to get out and get moving, and the Department of Recreation Services within the Division of Student Affairs is partnering with the Healthy Monday campaign to host WALKTOBER—a month-long initiative and competition that encourages students, faculty…

Health & Society

Falk College Professor receives Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By Michele Barrett

The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) honored Rick Welsh, professor of food studies in the Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, for exceptional contributions to the field of rural sociology with the 2013 Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly…

‘Dead Man Walking’ Author Helen Prejean to Deliver Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 7

Monday, September 9, 2013, By News Staff

Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun who is a leading voice for the abolition of the death penalty, will present the 2013 Joseph and Amelia Borgognoni Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Maxwell Auditorium. Titled “Dead Man…