Health & Society
Life Skills Taught at End of School Day
The South Side Communication Center is much more than a safe place for middle school and high school students to gather after the school day ends. The center, opened in January 2011 through a partnership with the Southside Community Coalition,…
BBI Receives $6.2 Million Award from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for Southeast ADA Center
Based in Atlanta, the Southeast ADA Center provides information, training and guidance about the ADA throughout the eight-state Southeast region.
Celebrating Disability Awareness Month
Throughout October, the Disability Cultural Center will be cohosting workshops, conversations and activities in partnership with other administrative units, student organizations, and academic programs across campus, as well as with the Syracuse Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Gun Violence Is Topic for Thursday’s Lourie Lecture
On Thursday, Oct. 13, Daniel Webster will deliver the 28th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy, titled “A Roadmap for Reducing Gun Violence in America.” Webster is a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins…
Student Activities Focus on Sexual Violence Awareness (Video)
Throughout the month of October, students are raising awareness about domestic and sexual violence in a variety of ways. The Panhellenic Council hosted Red Zone Awareness Week, SU is Going Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the It’s On…
University Hosts Fall It’s On Us Week of Action
The It’s On Us student team, Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships and Sexuality, student organizations and the Office of Health Promotion are hosting the fall “It’s On Us” National Week of Action from Monday, Oct. 10, through Friday, Oct. 14. …
Education Activist Jonathan Mooney to Deliver Milton Lecture Oct. 19
Jonathan Mooney—a noted writer, learning activist and social engineer interested in improving the lives of marginalized groups—will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Drawing on his own life experiences and those of others…
LBGT Resource Center Presents Coming Out Month 2016
The LGBT Resource Center is presenting the annual Coming Out Month celebration throughout the month of October. The celebration includes an entire month of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and asexual-themed programming, including speakers, performances, a film screening, Queer Zumba…
New Stuttering Lab Resurrects Strong SU Research Tradition
Victoria Tumanova’s stuttering research lab in the communications sciences and disorders department resumes a long SU tradition of research on the subject. Tumanova, along with two undergraduate and two graduate students, explores the causes and persistence of stuttering in children…
PEEHRS Promotes Awareness and Education on Campus
The Office of Health Promotion is offering its Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships (PEEHRS) program for the 2016–2017 academic year. PEEHRS is a peer education program that aims to promote healthy, respectful relationships and create a safer campus community. The…