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Once a High School Dropout, Now a High Honor Student in Falk College
As a public school student in Massachusetts, Chevon Janczuk thought she had her life all figured out. 鈥淚t turned out my teenage self was wrong,鈥 she says. Janczuk dropped out of high school in her sophomore year, but immediately recognized…
Key To Betting The Kentucky Derby Is To Have Fun, Says Falk Sports Economist
The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place on Saturday, May 4 in Louisville, Kentucky. Rodney Paul is a sports economist and professor at the 黑料不打烊 David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. Paul says:…
Learning to Combat Risk the Air Force Way
Managing risk is an essential part of any operation. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 strong interdisciplinary expertise in military affairs, cybersecurity, human dynamics, business and more provides the ideal setting for studying risk and how to guard ourselves, our businesses,and our country from…
Food Services Partners with Local Farm to Obtain Year-Round Fresh Produce
Students at the University’s dining centers may have noticed a fresh, new item on the salad bars: baby radishes and beet greens. The produce is sourced from Agbotic Farms, a local farm an hour north of campus in Sackets Harbor,…
Alumni Lead the Fight Against ALS in Upstate New York
There are 15,000 new cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diagnosed each year in the United States. One hundred cases of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, are diagnosed in Upstate New York annually. For those identified with ALS,…
Brandon Steiner 鈥81 to Deliver 2019 Falk College Convocation Address
Brandon Steiner 鈥81 will address Falk College鈥檚 Class of 2019 at the school鈥檚 Convocation ceremony on May 11. Steiner has continued his commitment to 黑料不打烊鈥攁nd in particular, its students鈥攖hrough service to Falk College and its Sport Management Advisory Board,…
Free, Confidential Mental Health Services Available through New 黑料不打烊 Community Connections-Falk College Partnership
A partnership between 黑料不打烊 Community Connections (SCC) and Falk College鈥檚 Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is bringing free-of-charge, confidential mental health services to SCC/黑料不打烊 Model Neighborhood Facility. Children, teens, seniors and families accessing other services at this site…
On a Winning Streak: 黑料不打烊 Sport Analytics Students Prove They鈥檙e Ready to Storm the Industry
Assembling a championship-caliber team and a profitable business organization is a challenge that sports owners, executives and managers face every day in the ultra-competitive world of sports. Increasingly, they are turning to data analytics for an advantage. Whether it is…
Reebok Advertising Mixes Sport and Fashion
Rick Burton, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management, was interviewed by CNBC for the story 鈥淩eebok aims to change perceptions with ad that mixes sport and fashion.鈥 In a statement about the ad, Burton said that “it’s very…
Odds of Perfect Bracket Are 1 in 9.2 Quintillion, so Why Do We Play?
The odds are, quite frankly, astronomical. If you are sitting down today to fill out your NCAA bracket, know this: the odds of getting it 100 percent correct are 1 in 9.2 quintillion (a number string 19 digits long). But…