Health & Society
Glimmers of Possibility for a More Just World
As we collectively navigate through a global pandemic, pursue social justice on multiple fronts and seek answers to the global warming crisis, 鈥淔utures,鈥 the theme of this year鈥檚 黑料不打烊 Symposium hosted by the 黑料不打烊 Humanities Center聽(SUHC), offers a series…
Virtual Pantry Cookin鈥 with Meg Lowe and Syeisha Byrd
Hendricks Chapel鈥檚 Office of Engagement Programs and the Office of Energy Systems and Sustainability Management are teaming up again to offer students an opportunity to combine common food pantry items with ingredients from Pete鈥檚 Giving Garden to make a fast…
‘Forced Sterilization Is Nothing New to Criminalized People in the US’
Jenn M. Jackson is an assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and senior research associate in the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. 鈥淭he United States has long used citizenship status and perceived criminality…
Maxwell Sociologists Examine Grandparenting Children With Disabilities
In their new book, “Grandparenting Children with Disabilities” (Springer Publishing, 2020), professors Madonna Harrington Meyer of the Maxwell School and alumna Ynesse Abdul-Malak 鈥13 (M.A., sociology), Ph.D. 鈥17 (sociology) of Colgate University explore the complex dynamics of how U.S. grandparents,…
Eboo Patel Is the Next Guest of Hendricks Chapel Conversation Series
Eboo Patel, president and founder of Interfaith Youth Core, is the next guest for 鈥淢atters that Matter: A Conversation Series from Hendricks Chapel.鈥 Patel will join Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol for a virtual conversation on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at…
A New Tool to Fight Alcohol and Opioid Deaths
Joseph Ditre, associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.3 million grant to develop a program to target interrelations between pain, hazardous drinking and the use of prescription opioid medications. When it comes…
‘Black Lives Matter Is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries’
Danielle Smith聽is a professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program. 鈥淔or more than 400 years, Black people have expressed in countless ways that Black Lives…
University Trains Local Teachers to Teach in the Virtual Environment
Julia Alder-Deyett has been teaching school for 28 years, and this is her 10th year teaching in the 黑料不打烊 City School District. This year, Deyett, a teacher at Webster Elementary School, will teach 27 kindergarten students general education in a…
Fellowship to Carry On Vision of Advancing Food Justice in 黑料不打烊
Jonnell Robinson never had to go very far to find Evan Weissman. They were colleagues, confidants and next-door neighbors, and all Robinson had to do was call for Weissman over her backyard fence. When it came time for the heart-wrenching…
Dipre Awarded $20,000 Counseling Fellowship from NBCC Foundation
Kirsis聽Allennys Dipre, a doctoral student in the counseling and human services department in the School of Education, was recently selected for the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program for Doctoral Counselors (NBCC MFP) by The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National…