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Commitment to Developing a New Generation of Sport Analytics Professionals Inspires $1 Million Gift from Andrew T. Berlin ’83 to Falk College
When Falk College launched a new degree in sport analytics in 2016, it was responding to the sport industry’s need for trained professionals able to process and analyze ever-increasing amounts of information to guide data-driven decision-making. A $1 million gift…
Ten Students Complete Monthlong National Science Foundation-Funded Trauma Research Program
Ten student-veterans and traditional students recently completed the monthlong 2018 Trauma Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) Program hosted by Falk College. To enhance skills for conducting trauma research while increasing their ability to gain admission to competitive graduate programs, participants…
Falk College, Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group Partner to Support Public Health-focused Drug Policies
A four-year collaborative partnership between the Falk College and the Council of Europe’s Cooperation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group) will support rigorous curricular development and training for drug policy…
Falk Professor Named NSCS National Advisor of the Year
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), the nation’s preeminent honors organization for first- and second-year students, named Karen Kirkhart the Laura Taddeucci Downs National Advisor of the Year. Kirkhart, a professor at the School of Social Work in Falk…
PTSD Awareness Month
Ivan Castro, program manager of the Undergraduate Trauma Research Training Program with Falk College, was featured in a segment on News Channel 9’s Bridge Street to discuss PTSD Awareness Month. In the United States, eight percent of the population suffers from…
Tragic Spotlight on Suicides Could Help Save Others, Destigmatize Mental Health
According to a new report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates have gone up in nearly every state between 1999 and 2016. The growing crisis was brought even more into the spotlight with…
Professors Working to Help Save Darwin’s Finches
Falk College professors Margaret Voss and Rick Welsh are leading a research team to see how to control a deadly parasite devastating native bird populations in the Galápagos Islands. It’s a race against time. The story was originally published in…
Facing Another Potential Ebola Epidemic, Use of ‘Experimental’ Vaccine Doesn’t Cut It
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an immunization campaign to fight Ebola, where numerous cases of the disease have been confirmed. According to reports, the experimental vaccine is not yet licensed but was effective in treatments…
Falk College, REU Program Host Discussion Series for PTSD Awareness Month in June
To educate the local community about issues related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Falk College is offering a discussion series during the month of June, which is designated as National PTSD Awareness Month. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that can…
Falk Sports Law Professor Comments on SCOTUS Decision to Allow Sports Bets
In a 6-3 vote on May 14, the Supreme Court ruled that a 25-year-old law that made sports betting illegal was unconstitutional. John T. Wolohan is a professor of Sports Law in the David B. Falk College of Sport and…