Health & Society
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…
New Ways to Make Monday a Fresh Start
If it鈥檚 Monday, it鈥檚 another new opportunity to improve your life鈥攐r someone else鈥檚. And it comes around 52 times a year. That鈥檚 how Mary Kate Lee views the health, wellness and lifestyle challenges facing her 黑料不打烊 community. As program…
Personalizing the Campus Pharmacy
An on-campus pharmacy has always been available to students, but over the summer it joined other health and wellness services within the newly constructed Barnes Center at The Arch. The new full-service pharmacy is now in an accessible and centralized…
ADA Live! Program Focuses on 鈥楽upported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All!鈥
鈥淎DA Live!鈥 is a free online program of the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at 黑料不打烊. 鈥淎DA Live!鈥 focuses on the rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). New episodes are…
Lender Center Names Inaugural Student Fellows
From growing up with social media to using it to uncover social justice trends, a select team of students will be taking part in a two-year collaborative research project as student fellows. The students have been named the first Lender…
Water Ambassador Henk Ovink to Present Lecture on Climate Action by Design
The School of Architecture will host Henk Ovink, the world鈥檚 only water ambassador, on Wednesday, November 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Fisher Center, for a lecture titled 鈥淐limate Action by Design.鈥 A Netherlands native, Ovink has lived his life…
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…
Rethinking Addiction: Lunch and Learn, Panel Discussion, Q&A with Visiting Scholar Bruce K. Alexander to Be Held Nov. 12-13
黑料不打烊 welcomes world-renowned psychology researcher Bruce K. Alexander, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, to campus on Nov. 12-13, for a series of events on the topic of addiction. Alexander鈥檚 pivotal 鈥淩at Park鈥 studies inspired…
New Study Links SNAP to Reduced Risk of Premature Death Among U.S. Adults, Including ‘Deaths of Despair’
A new study published in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk…
Hendricks Chapel Invites Campus Community to Dinner Discussion on Spirituality, Loss and Grief on Nov. 5
Nearly 30 percent of college students have experienced the loss of a family member or close friend over the past year, according to statistics from Actively Moving Forward, an organization that supports young adults who are grieving. In addition, millions…