Health & Society
Getting to Know: Kevin Heffernan
Kevin Heffernan has always been excited about exercise. In high school and college he was active in many sports, and his sports training led to a love of weight lifting. His earliest research focused on weight training and the health…
Going Without to Address Community Hunger
After a long weekend of work and family obligations and a long night of soothing her sick toddler, the best part of the Rev. Colleen Preuninger’s Monday morning would normally have been a steaming cup of coffee. Not this past…
Tap, Filtered or Bottled: Testing Your Water Preference
Tap, filtered or bottled. The Sustainability Division wants to know what members of the campus community prefer in terms of their drinking water by offering a blind sample of water tests around campus this month. Starting last week in Bird…
Military Spouse Study Finds High Number of Female Spouses Underemployed
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ (IVMF) have announced the results of a national study focused on military spouse employment. The presentation will be made on Feb. 12 at…
Best-Selling Author, Eating Behaviors Expert Brian Wansink to Lecture Feb. 26
The Nutrition Education Promotion Association (NEPA) in the Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition will host Brian Wansink, Feb. 26 in 001 Life Sciences Building at 7 p.m. The community is invited to attend this free…
School of Education to Host 2014 Equity and Social Justice Conference March 1
The School of Education will host the seventh annual Conference on Equity and Social Justice (ESJ) on Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Conference Center. The theme of the 2014 conference is Social Justice Education Out of Bounds:…
Falk Student Connects Fans with the Big Game
It took about three hours for the Seahawks to take down the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. The experience for Steven Kozar ’14, who spent his senior capstone as an intern with the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, will last a lifetime.
Shauna Prewitt, Advocate for Rape Law Reform, to Speak Feb. 11
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Law and Civic Engagement Forum (SLACE) and National Women’s Law Student Association (NWLSA) will co-host an event featuring Shauna Prewitt on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 4 p.m. in Room 175 of the law school. Prewitt is a rape…
Ingredients for a Successful Recipe
Start with oats. Mix in some dates and whole wheat cereal and a good dose of experimentation and curiosity. For four Falk College and Whitman School students and a group of high school students, the recipe to develop a healthy snack is about more than just the raw ingredients.
Q & A: Robert Murrett on Security at the Sochi Olympics
Security has been a major concern for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, which begin Friday, Feb. 7. Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, deputy director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism and professor of…