Health & Society
New study finds female athletes rarely used as ad spokespeople
As athletes and fans celebrated new world records, international milestones and personal bests during the 2012 London Olympic Games, one story that repeated itself was the prominent role female athletes played in fueling U.S. Olympic success and medal count. The…
School of Education’s Dotger receives grant from Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Education, has been awarded a grant for $199,650 from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to establish a simulated interaction model (SIM) for pre-service secondary teachers. In…
Wellness Week, April 15-20, spotlights healthy opportunities on campus
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s first annual Wellness Week, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, will take place from Sunday, April 15 through Friday, April 20. Events during Wellness Week are designed to provide students with fun and creative ways to learn…
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club honors two School of Education colleagues for excellence and leadership
Two members of the School of Education’s Partnership for Better Education and Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement received honors from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club. Christabel O. B. Sheldon, director of the Ronald E….
Katherine McDonald to receive Early Career Award from American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has selected Katherine McDonald, assistant professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), as the…
Independent filmmaker awarded Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership
The 2012 Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership has been awarded to Sharon Greytak, an independent filmmaker and film professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, for her entire body of work and its importance to the…
Feb. 7 forum will foster discussion on child sexual abuse
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Senate Women’s Concerns Committee, in collaboration with Hendricks Chapel and the Advocacy Center at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, is sponsoring a forum on child sexual abuse on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The goals of…
Affordable nutrition counseling available for campus, local community
The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of…
Food Network’s Anne Burrell to judge ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Iron Fork Competition to benefit ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Rescue Mission
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ visit includes book signing, free public lecture on Italian cooking ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics has partnered with the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Rescue Mission…
McPeak receives grant for West African agricultural research project
The Livestock-Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program (LCC CRSP) has awarded more than $1.3 million to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and South Dakota State University for scientific research projects to improve the lives of livestock producers and increase the resilience of livestock…