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Register Now for 2013 Corporate Challenge
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ encourages all benefits-eligible employees to join this year’s SU team for the 2013 J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge the evening of Tuesday, June 18, at Onondaga Lake Park. Start time is 6:25 p.m. Participants may run or walk the…
SU Wellness Week to Kick Off April 15
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s second annual Wellness Week, presented by Health & Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, and in sponsorship with Tops Friendly Markets, will kick off Monday, April 15. A variety of campus departments and student organizations have…
SU Humanities Faculty Fellow Discusses Health Activism in L.A. During 1960s, 70s
Jenna Loyd to examine health politics in context of city’s then-growing defense economy The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Humanities Center, housed in The College of Arts and Sciences, will kick off its 2013 Faculty Fellow Lecture Series with a program on health…
FSAP Presents Program on Health Care Planning
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program’s WorkLife Series continues with a two-part program on legal and financial issues in health care planning. The sessions are free, and all are welcome to attend. The first session, “Health Care Planning Part I:…
Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children
Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…
Surveying Faculty and Staff for a Healthier Campus
Susan Furtney, who heads the University Wellness Initiative, wants faculty and staff members to envision what a dynamic, accessible network of health and wellness programs on campus would look like. Healthy cooking classes, a South Campus trail system and access to onsite cholesterol checks—or other possibilities to be suggested by the campus community—are some options to think about.
Q & A: Director of Health Services Benjamin Domingo
The winter of 2013 is one that health officials won’t soon forget. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency because of the hard-hitting flu bug, the worst since 2009. The declaration gives pharmacies the ability to administer flu…
St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Welch Allyn provide $35,000 to students with Healthy IDEAs
The rising cost of health care has been a near-constant news topic for the past several years. The recent recession, in which more people are unemployed and without health coverage, and aging Baby Boomers are just two pieces of the growing…
Seasonal flu clinics for students begin Thursday
SU Health Services will hold this year’s first seasonal flu vaccine clinic for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students on Thursday, Sept. 20, from noon-4 p.m. in Flanagan Gymnasium. A second clinic will be held…
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…