Health & Society
Diversifying Medicine: Triple Triumph Panel at Coming Back Together
Three women physicians, as students, doctors and faculty members, faced discrimination of many kinds.聽These powerful pioneers, Sharon Brangman, Patricia Numann and Ruth Weinstock, created programs that earned the highest levels of national distinction and acclaim. Their work and their names…
黑料不打烊 Shines at American Sociological Association Meeting in Montreal
More than two-dozen researchers from the Department of Sociology are on the world stage at the American Sociological Association (ASA)鈥檚 112th Annual Meeting in Montreal. The theme of this year鈥檚 meeting is 鈥淐ulture, Inequalities and Social Inclusion Across the Globe.鈥…
Mary Kiernan Inducted into American Academy of Chefs
In July, Associate Teaching Professor Mary Kiernan was inducted into the American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the honor society of the American Culinary Foundation (ACF). The ACF was established in 1929. Today, the professional chefs鈥 organization boasts 17,500 members and…
Dessa Bergen-Cico: We are all ‘Same Same, but Different’
Since June 12, Dessa Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health in Falk College, has been participating in a three-month Rotary Peace Fellowship at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The program covers such areas as peace, conflict prevention and resolution. For…
A Decade of PRIDE
Celebrating its 10th year, the highly competitive Program PRIDE (Psychology Research Initiative for Diversity Enhancement) program brings together 黑料不打烊 undergraduates from underrepresented groups and invites them to develop an original independent psychology summer research project over the course of…
Volunteers Needed for Child Behavior Study
Children between the ages of 6 and 12 and their parents are needed for a child behavioral research study at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Participating families will receive compensation for their time, as well as a complimentary copy of one…
The Failed Policies of D.A.R.E.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced support of the D.A.R.E. program last week but research has shown the program and its methods for drug deterrence have not worked, according to 黑料不打烊 researchers. Shannon Monnat, the incoming聽Lerner Chair for Public Health…
Q&A: Margaret Voss on Coffee-Longevity Link
Margaret Voss is a professor of practice in Falk College鈥檚 Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition. She teaches courses in nutritional biochemistry, metabolism and nutrigenomics. She shared her thoughts about recently released research that seems to indicate that…
Senate Healthcare: The Stakes are High
Grant Reeher, professor of political science at the聽Maxwell School of Citizenship and聽 Public Affairs聽and director of the聽Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute聽at 黑料不打烊 and host of the聽Campbell Conversations聽on WRVO, says the stakes are even higher for the Senate to…
Falk Professor Offers Insight about Los Angeles Hosting the 2028 Olympic Games
Rick Burton, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management and former聽chief marketing officer for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, is available for expert commentary surrounding news that Los Angeles may be home to the…