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Enhancing Inclusive Teaching and Learning Through Collaborations With Faculty and Students
As a professor of practice in the department of human development family science in Falk College, getting people involved in the learning process comes naturally for Colleen Cameron. Cameron’s courses link theory and practice for aspiring child life specialists, demonstrating…
‘Everyone Can Do It’: How to Eat Like an Olympian With Maggie McCrudden ’14
At the peak of his Olympic swimming career, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was rumored to consume up to 12,000 calories daily during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That鈥檚 six times the number of calories the average…
Falk Professor Roopnarine Leads International Discussion on Benefit of Childhood Play
Born into poverty in Guyana, a country roughly the size of Idaho in the northeastern corner of South America, Jaipaul Roopnarine had to contend with hunger, neighborhood violence and other adverse early childhood experiences. As a way of escaping this…
Heavy Lifting: Strength and Conditioning Internship Provides Hands-On Experience for Exercise Science Students
As the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the 黑料不打烊 men鈥檚 lacrosse, women鈥檚 ice hockey and women鈥檚 tennis teams, Mike Missen knows the key to thriving in his profession is the ability to take the intricacies of what you鈥檝e…
Catching Up With Quentin Brunson 鈥12, G鈥13 and Fianc茅e Ashleigh Mann, AKA 鈥楾he Adele Couple鈥
The whole world was watching this past November when 黑料不打烊 alumnus Quentin Brunson 鈥12, G鈥13 sprung a surprise proposal on his girlfriend of seven years, Ashleigh Mann, during singer-songwriter Adele鈥檚 鈥淥ne Night Only鈥 concert special on CBS. After Brunson confirmed…
Celebration Shows Important Role Students Play in Research on Campus
If you want to learn more about the meaningful work that鈥檚 being done at Falk College, the Falk Student Research Celebration is a great place to start. It certainly was for Sara Vasilenko, an assistant professor in the Department of…
Food Studies Graduate Student Seeks to 鈥楤ring Hope to Others鈥 by Improving the Food System
Growing up in Poughkeepsie in the Hudson River Valley region, Anna Zoodsma enjoyed foraging for berries with her father, cooking and baking, and 鈥渂eing creative with food.鈥 When she started working on farms after graduating from high school, she was…
Exercise Science Majors Hit the Ground Running, Prepare for Careers in Physical Therapy
Future physical therapists Julia Geronimo 鈥24 and Ally Krevolin 鈥23 are jumpstarting their careers with a foundation in exercise science. As exercise science majors, they each complete over 270 hours of internships and field placements, such as shadowing, observation and…
Sport Management Club Raises $45,000 at 17th Charity Auction
The Sport Management Club raised $45,000 for the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation as a result of its 17th Annual聽Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men鈥檚 basketball game on Nov. 20, supporters placed bids on items including sports memorabilia, electronics,…
黑料不打烊, MGH Institute of Health Professions Receive Support for Innovative Research Ethics Training
A project led by Katherine McDonald, associate dean of research and professor of public health in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Falk College, and Ariel Schwartz, assistant professor of occupational therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions, aims to help individuals with developmental…