Health & Society
Weissman Scholarship Recipient April Lopez Shares Late Professor’s Vision of Food Justice
April Lopez says she was drawn to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s food studies master’s program because of its vision of food justice. That vision was shaped in large part by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Professor Evan Weissman, a tireless advocate for equity in the food…
‘A Giant in Her Field’: Falk College Colleagues Remember Professor Emerita Alice Sterling Honig
Alice Sterling Honig, professor emerita of child and family studies (now the Department of Human Development and Family Science) in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, died March 7, 2023. She was 93. Honig earned a…
Your Life: National Public Health Awareness Week Brings Topic Into Focus
Falk College Faculty explain why public health should be front of mind for all.
Falk College Nutrition Science Students Examining Impact of Father’s Obesity on Children
Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States, where one in five children and adolescents are affected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While obesity in mothers has been the primary focus of early life…
Falk College and Whitman School Launch 2 New Public Health and Business Dual Degree Programs
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics are launching two new dual degree programs to leverage both schools’ national reputations and programmatic strengths. The new programs—an undergraduate public health/business…
Alumnus Helps Sacred Indigenous Objects Find Their Way Home
Travel to just about any major ethnographic and natural history museum around the world and you will encounter installations focusing on Native American and Indigenous society and culture. Exhibitions such as the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Plains…
New Research Shows ‘Himpathy’ Toward Perpetrators of Workplace Sexual Harassment
What is your initial response when a woman accuses a man of workplace sexual harassment? A new study suggests that some people are morally biased to have sympathy toward the accuser. It even has a name: himpathy.
Maxwell Alumna Taylor Hamilton G’18 To Spend a Year in East Asia as a Luce Scholar
Taylor Hamilton G’18 has been named a 2023-24 Luce Scholar. The Luce Scholars Program is a prestigious, nationally competitive fellowship program launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American…
Dave Bing ’66, H’06: ‘We Need to Support Each Other Much More Than We Do’
Growing up in Washington, D.C., Dave Bing ’66, H’06 said his classmates, teachers and neighbors were mostly all African American. When he joined ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in the fall of 1962 as a recruit to the men’s basketball team, his world…
Celebrate National Nutrition Month With the Wellness Initiative Team
National Nutrition Month, celebrated in March, focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. Throughout the month, faculty and staff are invited to join programs from the Wellness Initiative that…