Health & Society
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.
College of Human Ecology to host drug policy forum Aug. 2
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.
Summer Leadership Institute for education professionals will study equity, inclusion, excellence in schools
The Syracuse University School of Education will host the 2010 Annual Summer Leadership Institute Aug. 9-11 on the SU campus.
Kiernan receives 2010 Chef of the Year honors from Syracuse chapter of American Culinary Federation
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).
Reilly Lecture in Infant & Toddler Caregiving is May 19
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.
SU’s MLAB working to raise $700,000 for New Orleans by collecting ‘Fundred Dollar Bills’
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.