Health & Society
Q&A: D. Chase Catalano on Coming Out Month
D. Chase Catalano, director of SU’s LGBT Resource Center, talks about Coming Out Month, October—its purpose, what we can learn from it and how to take it with us throughout the year. Q. What is the purpose of Coming Out…
Career Services, LGBT Resource Center Collaborate for Out at Work Panel
On Monday, Oct. 28, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Career Services and the LGBT Resource Center will host the inaugural Out at Work panel and reception. A panel of LGBTQ executives and SU community members will discuss navigating LGBTQ identities and the job…
Lending a Hand in Empowering Communities
A new student organization on campus is creating opportunities for social entrepreneurship for students, while impacting communities with life-changing, sustainable projects.
Social Work Students Explore Corrections, Mental Health System
Jails and prisons have become the nation’s largest psychiatric institutions, especially for low-income persons and persons of color. The National Sheriffs’ Association reports that in virtually every county across the country, county jails hold more people with severe psychiatric illness…
Eat to Live Food Co-op Opens on South Side
Several years in the making, the urban food cooperative offers fresh and affordable food in an area of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ that until now has had few other nutritious options.
CROP Walk steps off on Oct. 20
The annual CROP Walk for Hunger will take place in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 12:30 p.m. All members of the University community are invited to participate and join the fight against hunger locally and internationally. SU’s participation in…
SU Participates in Right to Food and Nutrition Watch Global Launch
The 2013 edition of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, an international publication unveiled Oct. 8 in English, Spanish and French, explores global issues surrounding the right to food and nutrition.
Brooks Gump Named Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health
Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Gump joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.
Food Bank to Benefit from Sport Management Club Auction
The Sport Management (SPM) Club will hold its ninth Annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Carrier Dome. Silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports memorabilia and hands-on experiences, electronics and tickets to major sporting…
October Filled with Disability Awareness Events on Campus
October has been nationally designated as Disability Awareness Month, and here at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, the Disability Cultural Center, within the Division of Student Affairs, is partnering with constituents across campus to host a month-long series of events, conversations and programs…