Health & Society
School of Education Student Appointed to White House Committee
President Barack Obama has appointed Micah Fialka-Feldman, a student and employee at the School of Education, to serve on the President鈥檚 Committee for People for Intellectual Disabilities. Ten other individuals around the nation were appointed to this committee for a…
Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Scholar Dana Olwan Recognized by Two Major Organizations
Dana Olwan鈥檚 resume is already impressive, but the women鈥檚 and gender studies scholar鈥檚 recent recognition from not one, but two major organizations is extraordinary, according to Gwendolyn Pough, department chair. Olwan, who joined the Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Department in…
In Class FST 706: Gender, Food, and Rights
Falk College features a new graduate-level course that explores one of the world’s most important issues: access to food. Professor Anne Bellows provides a unique perspective for students, and as part of the class, students are brought to the United…
Ann Grodzins Gold Awarded Two Prominent Fellowships
A 20-year veteran of the University faculty, Ann Grodzins Gold has racked up dozens of awards and fellowships during her career. Recently, Gold, a professor in the Religion Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, who also holds a…
Grad Student Aims to Find Research Answers on Alcohol for African Americans
It turns out that blacks don鈥檛 use alcohol that much compared to other groups. Previous research shows that they start drinking later, and then don鈥檛 drink as much as whites, for example.
Falk Students, Faculty Advocate for Women鈥檚 Right to Adequate Nutrition at UN Meetings
Students in the Falk College鈥檚 new graduate course, FST 700, “Gender, Food and Rights,” attended the United Nations鈥 annual Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings during spring break. Led by food studies Professor Anne Bellows, three students鈥擬elanie Shaffer-Cutillo,…
Goode鈥檚 Book on Modern Historical Thought Reissued in Paperback
黑料不打烊 Associate Professor of English Mike Goode challenges the conventional accounts of the development of modern historical thought in his book 鈥淪entimental Masculinity and the Rise of History, 1790-1890鈥 (Cambridge University Press, 2009), which was reissued as a paperback…
Haddix Named Recipient of AERA Early Career Award
Marcelle Haddix, assistant professor in the Reading and Language Arts Center at the School of Education, has been named the recipient of the 2014 Division K Early Career Award. This award is given annually to a researcher in the initial…
Campus Hosts Events Around National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Students, faculty and staff are bringing attention to the epidemic of eating disorders throughout the week of Feb. 23-March 1 on the SU campus as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The events and activities are organized by the…
Falk College Announces New Bachelor of Science in Food Studies
The Falk College has announced a new bachelor of science degree in food studies. The new program, which is now enrolling majors for fall 2014, provides a thorough understanding of food systems, politics and economies, from production to consumption locally,…