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Please Review Carefully: New Public Health Guidance for COVID-19
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: I am writing today to provide an important update on new guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and subsequently adopted by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). The…
Falk Public Health Researchers Investigating the Impact of Neighborhood Characteristics on Firearm Violence
In America, it is a sad reality that your ethnic background and zip code can be a contributing factor to the likelihood that you become a victim of both fatal and non-fatal firearm violence. Data from the Centers for Disease…
ECS Alumni Establish Scholarship to Honor Professor C.Y. Roger Chen
For nearly 37 years, professor C.Y. Roger Chen has been an invaluable guide for many students on their academic and professional journeys. Teaching electrical engineering and computer science courses in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) at Syracuse…
Open Source Project Office Established With Sloan Foundation Grant
Syracuse University is now home to a new hub supporting the development of open-source software and offering resources for faculty, students, staff and academic partners conducting and accessing open-source work. The Open Source Project Office (OSPO) is supported by a…
Blizzard Forecasted to Hit the JMA Wireless Dome on Jan. 27
Brace yourself, “The Blizzard” is coming this Saturday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. as the student section fills the JMA Wireless Dome dressed in white as the Orange men’s basketball team takes on N.C. State. This special effort from Otto’s…
Please Review! Important Back to Campus Public Health Information
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: At the start of this new semester, I want to welcome our newest community members and welcome back our returning students, faculty and staff. As coordinator of the University’s ongoing response efforts to communicable illnesses,…
Public Health Chair David Larsen Receives Fulbright to Continue Research in Austria
When Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen was notified that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria this…
Study Reveals Wastewater Surveillance Is Key Tool in Keeping Schools Open During Public Health Emergencies
Wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings, according to a groundbreaking study led by epidemiologist David Larsen, professor and chair of public health in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The research…
The Crown, New University Undergraduate Research Journal, Published on SURFACE
The Crown, a new Syracuse University undergraduate research journal edited by and for students in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was recently published on SURFACE, the University’s open access institutional repository. The full issue can be accessed online. The…
New Lerner Gift Amplifies the Impact of Healthy Mondays and Public Health Initiatives
Words that resonate, a memorable message and the power of the media to inspire action—these are fundamental to improving public health and foundational to the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health. Established at the Maxwell School of…