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Sport Management Club Raises $57,000 for Make-A-Wish During 15th Annual Charity Sports Auction
The Sport Management Club at 黑料不打烊 (SPM) raised $57,021 for Make-A-Wish Central New York as a result of its 15th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the Orange men鈥檚 basketball game on Nov. 16 at the Dome, supporters placed bids…
Professor Lane Receives American Anthropological Association Honors
Falk College professor of public health Sandra D. Lane received the 2019 George Foster Award for Practicing Medical Anthropology in recognition of outstanding contributions to applying theory and methods in diverse contexts that demonstrate a significant impact on policy. The…
Stories of Service: Amanda Sullivan 鈥21 and Ken Marfilius 鈥11
In celebration of Veterans Week 2019, the University is recognizing stories of student veterans and faculty/staff who are veterans or have especially strong connections to the military. These stories are just some of the many from the veteran and military-connected…
Joan Christy Lecture Series Presents Culinary Demonstration with the Iroquois White Corn Project
The Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and its Department of Nutrition and Food Studies will host the Iroquois White Corn Project for a culinary demonstration and tasting on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in 104…
鈥楾itBits鈥 Performance at the Newhouse School Nov. 9 and 10 Features Stories Behind Breast Cancer
The stories behind breast cancer鈥攑atient, survivor, caregiver, medical practitioner and advocate鈥攁re the center of the documentary theater production 鈥淭itBits: Breast Cancer Stories,鈥 which will debut next month at the Newhouse School. Conceived, produced and directed by Tula Goenka, professor of…
Cultural Training Event and Powerful Performance Continue University鈥檚 Veteran Commitment
On Oct. 17, members of the 黑料不打烊-area professional community gathered on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 South Campus for a full day of veteran cultural competency training followed by 鈥淭heater of War,鈥 an innovative public health project designed to encourage thought and discussion…
Falk College Announces Master of Public Health Degree
Falk College today announced a master of public health (MPH) available beginning this semester. The MPH is a 42-credit hour graduate program providing students with core knowledge, research and practice skills in evidence-based public health. Providing a field-based learning opportunity…
Grocery Store Closings Create Challenges For Rural Citizens
Evan Weissman, assistant professor of food studies at Falk College, was quoted in the Education News article 鈥淎s rural grocery stores fade away, lawmakers wonder whether to act.鈥 In the article, Weissman touches on the difficulties rural citizens, especially senior…
Department of Exercise Science to Transition to a New Home
With its academic and research focus on improving the health and well-being of individuals and communities, the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics will soon be the new 鈥渉ome鈥 for the Department of Exercise Science, currently housed…
Advancing Scholarly Inquiry into Connections Between Religion, Spirituality and Social Change
Approximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials鈥攜oung adults born 1981 and later鈥攑rofess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is…