Health & Society
New autism documentary ‘Wretches & Jabberers’ to premiere at 2010 Syracuse International Film Festival
“Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road,” a new documentary film directed and produced by Oscar winner and twice Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Gerardine Wurzburg, will premiere as part of the 2010 Syracuse International Film Festival.
Center for Health and Behavior faculty to lecture on adolescent health research Oct. 13 at Upstate Medical University
Faculty members from the Center for Health and Behavior (CHB) at Syracuse University will present a lecture at Upstate Medical University on adolescent health research on Wednesday, Oct. 13.
Education professor to facilitate anti-bullying workshop for teachers, administrators Sept. 30
Mara Sapon-Shevin, professor of inclusive education and director of the Safe and Peaceful Schools Project at the School of Education, will address these challenges and present strategies for bullying prevention at “Bully-Proofing Our Students: Creating Safe and Peaceful Schools.”
USAID partnership program provides funding to SU’s School of Education for quality teaching education collaboration with Kenya’s Kenyatta University
Syracuse University will receive $860,700 for “Building Capacity through Quality Teacher Preparation,” a partnership project between SU and Kenyatta University in Kenya, East Africa.
Marion Nestle, public health and nutrition expert, to speak at SU Sept. 15
Marion Nestle, public health and nutrition policy expert and the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, will address “Public Health and the Obesity Epidemic” Sept. 15.
Netherlands drug policy expert to speak on public health and safety impact of harm reduction, decriminalization Sept. 16
Janhuib Blans, public health and drug policy expert, director of the Bureau of Research, Training and Consultancy in the Netherlands, will present “Dutch Drug Policy: Examining the Public Health and Safety Impact of Harm Reduction and Decriminalization” Sept. 16.
Center for Health and Behavior announces Fall 2010 Seminar Series on range of health topics
The series is part of the CHB’s efforts to promote health and behavior research and to strengthen collaborations on-campus and within the community. Speakers represent a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives on health research.
Eatman receives international early career honors in the area of service learning and community engagement
Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor of higher education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and director of research for Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, has been selected to receive the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Early Career Award.
Renamed Institute on Communication and Inclusion builds on two decades of advocacy, breakthrough research
The Facilitated Communication Institute is taking on a new name, the Institute on Communication and Inclusion.
SU social work professor co-chairs coalition to support Social Security
Co-chair of the coalition is Eric Kingson, professor in the School of Social Work in the College of Human Ecology.