Human Development & Family Science News
With Deepest Gratitude
Earlier this month, Falk College honored the five faculty and two staff members who are retiring this year for their contributions and dedicated service. The honorees included Thom deLara, Dennis Deninger, Donna Fecteau, Eric Kingson, Eileen Lantier, Dianne Seeley, and Michael Veley...
Faculty of the Year Awards
Professors Dennis Deninger, Bernard Appiah, and Joey Merrin were honored with Falk College Faculty of the Year awards for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, and internal and professional service contributions in 2024...
Class of 2024 Falk College Scholars
In these videos and this story, meet the two Syracuse University Scholars from Falk College and the 10 Falk College Scholars, who discuss their most memorable experiences at Syracuse, their impact at Falk and Syracuse, and their advice for incoming students...
Class of 2024 Human Development and Family Science Awards
The Department of Human Development and Family Science recently recognized its Class of 2024 undergraduate and graduate award winners at the HDFS Spring Celebration. And the winners are...
Student-Driven Award
Joey Merrin, an assistant professor in Falk College’s Department of Human Development and Family Science, is among the nine outstanding professors who have been honored by the Syracuse University Graduate School for their impact and positive influence on graduate education...
Reimagining Falk College
The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics will become the David B. Falk College of Sport - a first-of-its-kind college focused exclusively on sport-related disciplines. At the same time, strategies are in place to position the human dynamics academic programs for future success and impact...
Three for One
Three members of the Falk College family will be honored at the One University Awards ceremony April 19: Katherine McDonald (Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction Award), and Ken Marfilius and Sudha Raj (Continuing Excellence category for the Meredith Professorship Program awards)...
Industry Perspective
As the newest members of the Falk College Advisory Board, Andrea Massop Ramos and Tatiana Warren will bring insights from their professional disciplines, forge corporate and community partnerships, and “add valuable contributions in other influential ways,” says Dean Jeremy Jordan...
Global Impact
In this Q&A, Human Development and Family Science Professor Merril Silverstein, the inaugural holder of the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professorship in Aging, explains why China’s society is rapidly aging and what that phenomenon means to the United States and worldwide...
Exploring Careers
The third “Falk in D.C. Career Exploration” trip this past fall to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., had a new twist: For the first time, the trip included separate tracks for health/human services and sport-related careers as the 27 students who participated represented all Falk College programs ...