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Faculty members from the Center for Health and Behavior (CHB) at ���ϲ����� will present a lecture at Upstate Medical University on adolescent health research on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

Mara Sapon-Shevin, professor of inclusive education and director of the Safe and Peaceful Schools Project at the School of Education, will address these challenges and present strategies for bullying prevention at “Bully-Proofing Our Students: Creating Safe and Peaceful Schools.”

���ϲ����� will receive $860,700 for “Building Capacity through Quality Teacher Preparation,” a partnership project between SU and Kenyatta University in Kenya, East Africa.

Marion Nestle, public health and nutrition policy expert and the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, will address “Public Health and the Obesity Epidemic” Sept. 15.

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.

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.

Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor of higher education in ���ϲ�����’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.

The Facilitated Communication Institute is taking on a new name, the Institute on Communication and Inclusion.

Co-chair of the coalition is Eric Kingson, professor in the School of Social Work in the College of Human Ecology.

���ϲ�����’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.