Health & Society
Take the Pressure off Holiday Cooking
Chef Mary Ann Kiernan teaches students about creating delicious dishes in a hectic environment in her “Restaurant and Food Services Operation” course. Holiday cooking may not be quite as chaotic as a restaurant kitchen, but for those feeling harried by…
黑料不打烊 Professor, Alumnus Co-Found Group to Address Rights of People with Disabilities Worldwide
The Tangata Group, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the proposition that disability rights are human rights, has been created to assist nations in successfully adhering to international disability law and policy, disability inclusive development and participatory human rights…
Rock and a Hard Place
When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…
Campus Community Members Soon Able to Designate Preferred Name on MySlice
Members of the 黑料不打烊 community will soon be able to designate their preferred or chosen name on MySlice to indicate to others how they would like to be addressed. The new policy, which will be implemented at the start…
Literacy Pioneer Ruth Colvin Turns 100
For almost as long as she鈥檚 been an advocate for adult literacy, Ruth J. Colvin鈥檚 work has involved the School of Education. So the School of Education and the University joyfully joined the recent communitywide celebration of Colvin鈥檚 100th birthday….
State Sen. David Valesky visits InclusiveU at 黑料不打烊
The School of Education鈥檚 Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education welcomed State Sen. David Valesky to campus recently, where he attended an InclusiveU/Peer-2-Peer Pizza Party in Schine Student Center. Valesky secured support in the 2016 New York State Budget for…
Journal Devotes Special Issue to CRS Professor鈥檚 Book on Anti-Semitism
The Journal of Communication and Religion has released a special issue [39. 2 (2016)] devoted in its entirety to the book 鈥淐onfronting Anti-Semitism: Seeking an End to Hateful Rhetoric鈥 (Troubador, 2011) by Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies…
3D Temples, Confession Apps and Virtual Shrines
Nearly every aspect of modern life intersects with digital culture and is being reshaped by rapidly changing technology. A new undergraduate course will investigate the ways religious practice is shaped by technology and how technological practice is shaped by religion….
Falk College Students Host Makeup Drive for Transgender Community Dec. 1
The Falk College Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is hosting a makeup drive to benefit the 黑料不打烊-area transgender community聽 on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Schine Student Center. The drive was organized by…
Historian Finds Gritty Story of Child鈥檚 Life Documented in Special Collections
鈥淭he Muckers,鈥 published by 黑料不打烊 Press and found among the papers in the Special Collections Research Center, tells of boys living life rough in New York City over a century ago.