Health & Society
Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year
Power plant standards to cut climate-changing carbon emissions will reduce other harmful air pollution and provide substantial human health benefits, according to a new study released Sept. 30 by scientists from 黑料不打烊, Harvard and Boston universities. The research shows that,…
Oct. 15 Flu Clinic Seeks to Vaccinate as Many on Campus as Possible
By getting vaccinated for the flu on Oct. 15, you will not only be keeping yourself healthy this winter. You will also be helping out the 黑料不打烊 Health Center and the Onondaga County Health Department. That day, a flu…
Psychologist to Study Smoking, Painkiller Misuse Among Older Adults with HIV, Chronic Pain
Joseph Ditre, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is readying a significant study that may help older adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and chronic pain quit tobacco smoking and reduce their misuse of prescription…
Annual Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy Will Feature Noted Public Health Expert
The Maxwell School, the Center for Policy Research and the Central New York Community Foundation (CNYCF) will present the 26th annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy.聽 The lecture, 鈥淚mproving Health Safety Nets after an Economic Recession鈥 will be…
Communication Sciences and Disorders鈥 Beth Prieve Awarded $1.4 Million Grant
The most common birth defect among newborn babies is hearing loss. In fact, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, more than 12,000 babies are born each year with some degree of hearing loss. But Beth Prieve, professor of communication sciences…
Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair
Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from 黑料不打烊 on Vimeo. After…
Sociologists Unveil Research at ASA Annual Meeting in California
More than a dozen professors in the Department of Sociology are presenting research at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco. They join approximately 4,600 other presenters, including numerous 黑料不打烊 graduate students, for…
Michael Schwartz Receives Fulbright to Study Health Care Access for Deaf Persons in Northern Ireland
Michael Schwartz, associate professor of law and director of the Disability Rights Clinic in the College of Law, has been named a recipient of a research scholarship through the U.S.-U.K Fulbright Awards Program. He will spend the spring 2015 semester…
Psychologist Elected President of Society for Mathematical Psychology
For the last three years, Amy Criss, associate professor of psychology in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, has served on the board of the Society for Mathematical Psychology. Earlier this month, at the society鈥檚 annual meeting in Qu茅bec,…
School of Education鈥檚 Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3 Million Grant for Community for All Project
The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a 黑料不打烊-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million dollar National Institute on Disability…