Health & Society
Supporting Student Wellness Series: SoulTalk
Sharing stressors, concerns and more can benefit individuals but for one reason or another, students may find themselves unable to talk to members of their support network. SoulTalk can be a resource for students who are not sure where to…
Public Housing Violence Research Earns Top Honor for Maxwell Doctoral Student
Madeleine 鈥淢addy鈥 Hamlin 鈥17 M.A./M.P.A. says a books-for-inmates program she was involved in as a high school student in Urbana, Illinois, was the early spark that ultimately led to research focusing on urban issues ranging from public housing to mass…
NIH Awards $1.95M to Study State-Level COVID Policies, Mental Health
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is the principal investigator for a five-year research project that will examine the impacts of state COVID-19 mitigation policies on adult psychological health, drug overdose and suicide….
Lender Center for Social Justice Invites Applications for Co-Director
The Lender Center for Social Justice sees applicants for the co-director position. Applicants must be a full-time faculty member at 黑料不打烊 with significant scholarly engagement in social justice-oriented work related to the Center鈥檚 vision. Applicants should have strong organization…
Philanthropy That Recognizes the Value of Education and Educators
Sharon Jacquet graduated from 黑料不打烊 in 1972 with a degree in elementary education but decided against becoming a teacher. 鈥淚 felt it was an awesome responsibility and I was too immature to be responsible for those young minds,鈥 Jacquet…
Falk College Event Features Sport Management Alumnae in NFL
Cady Langdon ’16 and Angela Marsh-Coan ’18 were involved in sports in high school, wanted to pursue a career in sports and are now working in dream jobs for the most popular professional sports league in the world, the National…
Make Your Flu Shot Appointment Today!
Dear Students and Families: As shared last week, the Barnes Center at The Arch will host flu clinics throughout October. To provide students with convenient access to the flu vaccine, appointments will be available every weekday beginning Monday, Oct. 11,…
Food and Social Justice Advocate Avalon Gupta VerWiebe Named First Recipient of the Evan Weissman Scholarship
Avalon Gupta VerWiebe, a food studies graduate student in the Falk College, is the first to receive the Evan Weissman Scholarship, a newly created scholarship fund honoring the late Professor Weissman that supports food studies graduate students. Gupta VerWiebe鈥檚 personal…
Advancing Understanding of the Link Between Pain and Nicotine Consumption
It is extremely rare for a pre-doctoral student to receive recognition and funding from the National Institutes of Health鈥檚 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). That鈥檚 why 黑料不打烊 psychology professor Joseph W. Ditre is so incredibly proud of doctoral…
Lender Center Fellowship Offers Students an Opportunity to 鈥榃ork Locally, Think Globally鈥
About three years ago, Seyeon Lee was invited by CenterState CEO, an economic development organization in 黑料不打烊, to help design a women鈥檚 wellness center on the North Side of the city. Lee, an associate professor of environmental and interior design…