Health & Society
Falk College Receives Grants to Assist Trauma Victims of Neighborhood Violence
In This Together will provide workshops to help social service professionals, educators, health care practitioners, juvenile justice workers, clergy and mental health counselors learn how to identify and address signs of trauma.
黑料不打烊 Sociologists Shine at National Conference
More than a dozen members of the Department of Sociology presented their research at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), held in Chicago recently. They join approximately 4,600 other presenters for more than 600 program sessions….
Sandra Lane Honored with the 2015 Henrik L. Blum Award for Excellence in Health Policy
Sandra D. Lane, a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of public health and anthropology at the Falk College, will be honored with the 2015 Henrik L. Blum Award for Excellence in Health Policy…
Kelly Chandler-Olcott Named School of Education鈥檚 Associate Dean of Research
The School of Education has announced that Kelly Chandler-Olcott, professor of reading and language arts, has been named associate dean of research. In this role, Chandler-Olcott will support and build research in the School of Education, and mentor faculty members…
Psychologist Stephen Maisto Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant Award
A psychologist鈥檚 research in the College of Arts and Sciences is receiving backing from one of the world鈥檚 most foremost biomedical research centers. Stephen Maisto, professor of psychology, is the recipient of a five-year, $2.1 million National Institutes of Health…
Student Author Challenges Perceptions in 鈥業, Too, Am a Dancer!鈥
Kanisha L. Ffriend 鈥16 tells the story of a young girl of color who is hard of hearing in 鈥淚,Too, Am a Dancer!鈥 The girl is the main character鈥攁 different approach than from what Ffriend had seen in other books about people with disabilities.
‘Clearing the Error’ Recruits Public to Diagnosis, Treat Health Care Problems
Research indicates that as many as one in every 10 diagnoses in health care settings are delayed, missed or wrong, and between 40,000 and 80,000 Americans die each year as a result. This problem has prompted Tina Nabatchi, associate professor…
Campus Becomes Smoke- and Tobacco-Free July 1
黑料不打烊 officially becomes a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus on July 1 as a new institutional policy goes into effect promoting a healthy, productive and respectful environment. Smoking and the use of all tobacco products鈥攊ncluding cigarettes, cigars, snuff, pipes, chewing…
Q&A: Associate Professor Thomas Keck on Gay Marriage Ruling
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country Friday, setting off reverberations for broader impacts on equal rights. Maxwell School Associate Professor of Political Science Thomas M. Keck offered some perspective on the 5-4 decision….
Q&A: University Professor Carl Schramm on Affordable Care Act Decision
In a 6-3 decision that many predicted to be the death knell of so-called Obamacare if it had gone the other way, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states…