Health & Society
SU Wellness Week to Kick Off April 15
Syracuse University’s second annual Wellness Week, presented by Health & Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, and in sponsorship with Tops Friendly Markets, will kick off Monday, April 15. A variety of campus departments and student organizations have…
Video: Marriage and Family Therapy Department Expands
Syracuse University’s Falk College has expanded its Marriage and Family Therapy Department to Peck Hall. This video highlights some of the new features that will help students, staff, and the mental health community in CNY.
SU Humanities Faculty Fellow Discusses Health Activism in L.A. During 1960s, 70s
Jenna Loyd to examine health politics in context of city’s then-growing defense economy The Syracuse University Humanities Center, housed in The College of Arts and Sciences, will kick off its 2013 Faculty Fellow Lecture Series with a program on health…
Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children
Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…
School of Education’s Dotger Wins AACTE Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) Article Award to Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the School of Education. The award recognizes exemplary scholarship…
McDonald Receives NIH Grant to Study Intellectual Disability Research Ethics
Katherine McDonald, associate professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow in the Burton Blatt Institute, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…
Encouraging Children to ‘Go Green’
The younger children are when they first become interested in conserving energy and the earth’s resources, the more likely they will be to support public projects for ecological well-being when they grow up.
Understanding Effects of Exercise on Alzheimer’s
Exercise has been shown to help control weight, improve mood and reduce the risk of certain diseases. Stefan Keslacy, assistant professor of exercise science in the School of Education, is taking the research further with Alzheimer’s disease.
Gretchen Lopez Honored with Racial Justice Award
Gretchen Lopez, assistant professor of Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University’s School of Education, is the recipient of the 2013 Racial Justice Award given by InterFaith Works/Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism (IFW/CWD) of Central New York. She will…