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Community-Based Health Research Provides Shared Learning Experience for Students, Community Members
Grace E. Gugerty 鈥19 wasn鈥檛 too nervous when she first met the refugee family who she would be learning about over the span of the spring semester. 鈥淚t was more of a lot of buildup in my head. I thought…
Sport Analytics Students Present Research at European Sports Economics Association Conference
Students Justin Perline 鈥19 and Charles 鈥淐B鈥 Garrett 鈥19 in Falk College鈥檚 sport analytics program attended and presented at the European Sports Economics Association (ESEA) Conference in Liverpool, England, from Aug. 29-31. ESEA is the premier sports economics conference held…
Hungry for a Change? 9 Tips to Ensure Healthy Lunches for Your Kids This School Year
With the start of the classroom bell comes the need to pack school lunches again. As the school year draws closer, some parents worry about their child鈥檚 food choices in the classroom and on the playground. Jane Uzcategui is an…
Commitment to Developing a New Generation of Sport Analytics Professionals Inspires $1 Million Gift from Andrew T. Berlin 鈥83 to Falk College
When Falk College launched a new degree in sport analytics in 2016, it was responding to the sport industry鈥檚 need for trained professionals able to process and analyze ever-increasing amounts of information to guide data-driven decision-making. A $1 million gift…
Ten Students Complete Monthlong National Science Foundation-Funded Trauma Research Program
Ten student-veterans and traditional students recently completed the monthlong 2018 Trauma Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) Program hosted by Falk College. To enhance skills for conducting trauma research while increasing their ability to gain admission to competitive graduate programs, participants…
Falk College, Council of Europe鈥檚 Pompidou Group Partner to Support Public Health-focused Drug Policies
A four-year collaborative partnership between the Falk College and the Council of Europe鈥檚 Cooperation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (the Council of Europe鈥檚 Pompidou Group) will support rigorous curricular development and training for drug policy…
Falk Professor Named NSCS National Advisor of the Year
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), the nation鈥檚 preeminent honors organization for first- and second-year students, named Karen Kirkhart the Laura Taddeucci Downs National Advisor of the Year. Kirkhart, a professor at the School of Social Work in Falk…
PTSD Awareness Month
Ivan Castro, program manager of the Undergraduate Trauma Research Training Program with Falk College, was featured in a segment on聽News Channel 9’s Bridge Street to discuss PTSD Awareness Month. In the United States, eight percent of the population suffers from…
Tragic Spotlight on Suicides Could Help Save Others, Destigmatize Mental Health
According to a new report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates have gone up in nearly every state between 1999 and 2016. The growing crisis was brought even more into the spotlight with…
Professors Working to Help Save Darwin鈥檚 Finches
Falk College professors Margaret Voss and Rick Welsh are leading a research team to see how to control a deadly parasite devastating native bird populations in the Gal谩pagos Islands. It鈥檚 a race against time. The story was originally published in…