Health & Society

Syracuse University’s College of Human Ecology, in collaboration with the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) and Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment (FREE), will host a community forum on a public health and safety approach for drug policy in New York state on Monday, Aug. 2. The forum will take place in Room 304 of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center from 6 to 8 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

The Syracuse University School of Education will host the 2010 Annual Summer Leadership Institute Aug. 9-11 on the SU campus.

Hospitality management chef instructor Mary Kiernan has been named the 2010 Chef of the Year by the Syracuse chapter of the American Culinary Federation (ACF).

The Fourth Annual Jack Reilly Distinguished Lecture in Infant & Toddler Caregiving will take place Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St.

The Syracuse University School of Education’s Mobile Literacy Arts Bus (MLAB) and the local community are working on an art initiative that aims to raise $700,000 to remove lead from the soil in New Orleans.

Roberts is the second Syracuse school to implement Schools of Promise, an initiative to include all students in general education classrooms, especially those children who have traditionally been marginalized.

As part of its on-going Diabetes Seminar Series, the Genesis Health Project Network welcomes the Syracuse community to its “Churches Against Diabetes” programs to be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 28 at the Brotherly Love Church of God in Christ, 1234 S. Salina St., and at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 30 at New Jerusalem COGIC, 1641 S. Salina St. The seminars are free and open to the public.

University College and Le Moyne College invite citizens to explore “Controlling Health Care Costs” as part of the spring 2010 Intelligent Conversation Series.

Students in the College of Human Ecology’s Department of Sport Management will host a fundraiser to support the Special Olympics on April 28 and April 29 at Carousel Center’s Uno Chicago Grill.

The College of Human Ecology and its Jack Reilly Institute for Early Childhood and Provider Education will host the 34^th Annual Quality Infant Toddler Caregiving (QIC) Workshop, led by Alice Honig, professor emerita of child development in the Department of Child and Family Studies.