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Frisky February: Q&A With the Office of Health Promotion’s Katelyn Cowen
This month, Frisky February is being held on the Syracuse University campus for the first time. It is a month-long series of events promoting sexual health and healthy relationships. Below, Katelyn U. Cowen, director of the Office of Health Promotion…
Faculty, Staff Invited to Register for the 10-Day Smart Fuel Challenge
The Smart Fuel Challenge is a 10-day program to reboot your eating habits. Making small changes at meals and snack time can make a big difference in helping you stay energized and feel great. The Challenge will equip you with…
Registration Open for Financial Wellness Webinar for Faculty and Staff
Invest 30 minutes to check-in on your financial well-being. Join us on February 17 for a lunchtime webinar that will help you learn how to create a realistic spending plan as well as help you start to develop a savings…
Office of Health Promotion Hosts Sexual Health Awareness Month this February
The Office of Health Promotion (OHP) is holding Syracuse University’s first Sexual Health Awareness Month throughout the month of February, calling it Frisky February. Working in collaboration with many student organizations, University offices, community partners and the OHP Peer Educators…
Campus Buildings to Glow Red for American Heart Association
The Hall of Languages and Hendricks Chapel will be aglow in red lights on the evenings of Thursday, Feb. 2, and Friday, Feb. 3, as part of the campus’s Orange Goes Red for the American Heart Association (AHA) campaign. Friday…
Health Services Gives Advice to Protect against Flu, Other Contagious Illnesses
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Flu season may be well underway but it’s never too late to protect yourself against the flu and other contagious illnesses. That is why University Health Services would like to remind the campus community of…
Financial Wellness Webinar to Kick Off New Year
New Year, new you! Many times this phrase refers to making changes to eating or physical activity routines, but not in this case. The results of the 2016 faculty and staff wellness survey indicated that 50 percent of survey respondents…
Additional Flu Clinic to Be Held Jan. 31
It’s not too late to protect yourself from getting the flu this winter. The Office of Human Resources, in partnership with Health Services, will offer one more clinic for faculty, staff and students to receive a free flu vaccine. Annual…
Researcher Examines Effect of Exercise on Breast Cancer Survivors Taking Aromatase Inhibitors
A researcher in the School of Education (SOE) has simple advice for breast cancer survivors struggling with the side effects of Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs): exercise. Gwendolyn Thomas, assistant professor of exercise science, is the co-author of a groundbreaking article in…
Winston Fisher ’96 Tackles Mammoth Marathon Challenge
Winston Fisher ’96 is proving once again that he will go to great lengths of physical endurance to support the organization founded by his family that assists military veterans known as the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Already, Fisher has competed…