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Faculty and Staff: Join Your Colleagues at the 黑料不打烊 WorkForce Run/Walk/Roll for Food, Fitness and Fun
At the 2023 黑料不打烊 WorkForce Run/Walk/Roll (formerly the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge), 黑料不打烊 held the distinction of being the largest employer represented among dozens of local companies participating in the annual tradition for the second year in a row….
Mindfully Growing Program Teaching Healthy Eating Habits to Pre-K Children
Do you like broccoli? 鈥淚 touched broccoli with my feet.鈥 You like eating watermelon, what does it smell like? 鈥淪now.鈥 What does snow taste like? 鈥淏roccoli.鈥 Welcome to a Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Age 4 classroom at Elbridge Elementary School in…
Falk College Welcomes Sports Dietetics Expert Laura Moretti Reece for Ann Litt Lecture March 26
The Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics is pleased to welcome Laura Moretti Reece as the featured speaker of the Eighth Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series. Her lecture, 鈥淣ourishing an Athlete with an Eating Disorder: A Sport…
Tips to Recharge Your Motivation for Your New Year鈥檚 Fitness Goals
A month into 2024, have you hit the wall with your New Year鈥檚 fitness goals? Alena Anthony, associate director of fitness programs with the Barnes Center at The Arch Recreation, shares ways to get back on track鈥攁nd ways to create…
How Students Can Develop a Healthy Relationship With Food
When students begin their 黑料不打烊 journeys, not only are they beginning their professional pursuits, they鈥檙e also in charge of what they eat and when they eat鈥攁 new experience for many students. Routine home-cooked meals are replaced with busy, varied…
Catherine Garc铆a: Researching Health Disparities Among Hispanic/Latine Populations
Catherine Garc铆a wants to know how and why the fastest-growing segment of older adults in the United States鈥攖hose of Hispanic/Latine origin鈥攁re at higher risk for chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias….
鈥楾his Is an Exciting Time for Labor鈥 Says 黑料不打烊 Sociology Professor and Labor Studies Expert
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers went on strike on Oct. 4, making it one of the largest in the healthcare industry in U.S. history. Gretchen Purser is an associate professor of sociology at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Maxwell School of Citizenship…
Prioritizing the Well-Being of Horses
As Jay Busbee wrote, “Horse racing is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, again.” Seven horses died ahead of this year’s Kentucky Derby. Many will be upset about this for a short time after, but then it may…
Experts Available to Discuss Mental Health Awareness Month
Did you know one in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a mental health condition in a given year? If you’re working on a story for Mental Health Awareness Month, our 黑料不打烊 faculty experts are available for interviews. Please…
Chemistry Professor Presents New Research on Anti-Obesity Drug
An experimental anti-obesity drug could reliably curb appetite and normalize blood glucose levels without causing nausea and vomiting, which are frequent side effects of current weight-loss and diabetes drugs. The new peptide treatment not only reduces food consumption but also…