Health & Society
Wellness Week, April 15-20, spotlights healthy opportunities on campus
Syracuse University’s first annual Wellness Week, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, will take place from Sunday, April 15 through Friday, April 20. Events during Wellness Week are designed to provide students with fun and creative ways to learn…
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club honors two School of Education colleagues for excellence and leadership
Two members of the School of Education’s Partnership for Better Education and Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement received honors from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club. Christabel O. B. Sheldon, director of the Ronald E….
Katherine McDonald to receive Early Career Award from American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has selected Katherine McDonald, assistant professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), as the…
Independent filmmaker awarded Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership
The 2012 Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership has been awarded to Sharon Greytak, an independent filmmaker and film professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, for her entire body of work and its importance to the…
Feb. 7 forum will foster discussion on child sexual abuse
The Syracuse University Senate Women’s Concerns Committee, in collaboration with Hendricks Chapel and the Advocacy Center at Syracuse University, is sponsoring a forum on child sexual abuse on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The goals of…
Affordable nutrition counseling available for campus, local community
The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of…
Food Network’s Anne Burrell to judge Syracuse’s Iron Fork Competition to benefit Syracuse Rescue Mission
Syracuse University visit includes book signing, free public lecture on Italian cooking Syracuse University’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics has partnered with the Syracuse Rescue Mission…
McPeak receives grant for West African agricultural research project
The Livestock-Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program (LCC CRSP) has awarded more than $1.3 million to Syracuse University and South Dakota State University for scientific research projects to improve the lives of livestock producers and increase the resilience of livestock…
Burton Blatt Institute to co-host conference on genetic discrimination
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will co-host a conference on “Genetic Discrimination – Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European-Level Legal Response.” Sponsored in partnership with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National…
Student ambulance corps hosting College EMS Week events
Syracuse University Ambulance (SUA), the primary emergency medical response organization for the University area, will be hosting College EMS Week activities through Nov. 12 to raise public awareness. The events are designed to educate the campus and community about the…