Health & Society
New executive education program launched in Europe focused on effective drug policy
The College of Human Ecology鈥檚 addiction studies program and SU Europe have partnered with the Council of Europe鈥檚 Pompidou Group to create a new trans-Atlantic executive education program focused on implementing effective drug policy and governance. The five-day summit will…
‘Many Faiths One Humanity’ participants to share contemplative videos April 25
In March, a diverse group of 11 黑料不打烊 students鈥擝uddhist, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, undecided and hyphenated combinations thereof鈥攖raveled to London for 鈥淢any Faiths, One Humanity,鈥 an interfaith study experience and experiment in religious pluralism. Interlaced among the experiences were…
Ethiopia trip provides 黑料不打烊 audiology student opportunity to 鈥榩ay it forward鈥
鈥淒o you want to go to Ethiopia?鈥 The question came during a winter break phone call to Caithlin MacNeil, a second-year audiology graduate student, from a faculty member she had recently worked with on a research project. The phone call…
鈥楶ersonalized Medicine鈥 at this week鈥檚 IRP
The April 21 session of Institute for Retired Professionals will host Robert West, associate professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at SUNY Upstate Medical University. West will discuss 鈥淧ersonalized Medicine: Tailoring Health Care in the Information Age.鈥 Genotyping,…
Listening devices help preserve confidentiality in hospitals for hearing-impaired patients
It鈥檚 against the law to share a person鈥檚 medical information with others without written consent. However, it鈥檚 almost impossible to prevent outsiders from overhearing private conversations in hospital rooms between doctors and hearing-impaired patients. It鈥檚 an all-too-common situation that a…
Harriet Brown鈥檚 ‘Brave Girl Eating’ wins Books for a Better Life award
The Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society presented the winners of the 15th annual Books for a Better Life Awards recently during a ceremony at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in Manhattan.
Cynthia Sass, SU alum, nutrition health expert, presents 鈥楽top Counting, Start Living鈥 March 3
黑料不打烊 alumna Cynthia Sass, one of the most well-known and respected registered dietitians in the country, will present, 鈥淪top Counting, Start Living,鈥 on March 3 at 7 p.m., in Heroy Auditorium, on the SU campus. This informative discussion, which…
黑料不打烊 VA manager to address health care at Feb. 17 IRP
Bill Hoffman, member services manager for the 黑料不打烊 VA Medical Center, will speak at the Thursday, Feb. 17, meeting of the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP). Hoffman will discuss programs that are available to veterans, as well as soldiers returning…
College of Human Ecology highlights graduate studies during Feb. 26 information session
黑料不打烊 faculty and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in addiction studies, child and family studies, child and family health in the global community, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science and dietetics, and social work during the…
Center for Health and Behavior announces spring 2011 seminar series
The Center for Health and Behavior (CHB) at 黑料不打烊 announces its spring 2011 seminar series. The series is part of the CHB鈥檚 effort to promote health and behavior research, and to strengthen collaborations on campus and within the local…