Here are the 2024 College of Applied Health Sciences and Campus award winners. The awards were presented at the Spring College Meeting on May 2. Congratulations to all of our colleagues on this outstanding achievement. AHS Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award–FacultyInstructor Robyn DeterdingRecreation, Sport and Tourism AHS Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award–Teaching AssistantGraduate Teaching Assistant Emily HarringtonSpeech and Hearing Science AHS Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research AwardAssociate […]
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AHS students present diverse projects for Undergrad Research Week
May 1, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Budding student researchers at the College of Applied Health Sciences presented on a diverse range of topics. For a freshman at the College of Applied Health Sciences, Saiesha Bollapragada’s research portfolio is impressive. At last week’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, the I-Health major got to present the results from her […]
DRES alum’s posthumous gift takes spotlight: ‘I don’t think she ever forgot her debt’
April 24, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Susan Chaplinsky’s $3.4M estate gift funds endowments supporting disabled Illinois students To honor their sister’s time at the University of Illinois, the siblings of Susan Jane Chaplinsky thought a memorial bench in the open-air plaza of Disability Resources and Educational Services would be a fitting tribute. Because the work […]
AHS Get to Know: Laura Mattie, Ph.D.
April 03, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Laura Mattie joined the College of Applied Health Sciences in 2015. She leads the Development in Neurogenetic Disabilities Lab, or “DND” Lab. How would you describe your primary research interests? My primary research interest is learning how young children with neurodevelopmental disabilities develop early social and communication skills to […]
AHS Get to Know: Miki Sato, Ph.D.
March 07, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Miki Sato joined the College of Applied Health Sciences in 2020, after six years at James Madison University. How would you describe your primary research interests? My primary line of research focuses on exploring how and why engagement in sport-related consumption activities, such as sport participation and sport […]
Fredericks: How Black American distance runners shaped the sport from the shadows
Feb. 29, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Black American distance runners played a pivotal role in the sport’s early growth. A professor in Recreation, Sport and Tourism is helping to uncover their hidden histories. The world of competitive long-distance running took off in the 1970s. But stories of the sport’s Black architects and pioneers who laid […]
RST student startup built to help venues stay booked
Jan. 10, 2024 | Ethan Simmons An RST alumnus developed a digital platform to help venues maximize their booking potential. Atop the usual final exams and projects, University of Illinois senior Sean Chang has been charting a different path for his final year in the Recreation, Sport and Tourism program—by building his own business. With […]
AHS researchers: Give ADRD caregivers more information in clinical trials
Oct. 16, 2023 | Ethan Simmons For clinical trials centered on individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, what types of information are family caregivers given during the research process? A research team nested in the College of Applied Health Sciences recently evaluated that question by analyzing ADRD trials from the past 30 years. What […]
Fesemyer races toward her next challenge: A Ph.D.
Sept. 18, 2023 | Ethan Simmons Jenna Fesemyer’s enduring love of wheelchair racing boils down to two factors. First, like other skill-heavy sports, there always a way to fine-tune her mechanics and improve her craft, she said. The second reason is simpler: “I love the feeling of going fast,” Fesemyer said. While the Ohio-born Paralympian […]
Service to the profession marks John J. O’Neill’s legacy in Speech and Hearing Science
Aug. 22, 2023 | Bruce Adams The Department of Speech and Hearing Science’s history of cultivating a spirit of leadership through mentoring and service to the profession owes much to John J. O’Neill. O’Neill interviewed to chair the Division of Speech and Hearing Science in the Department of Speech at the 1958 American Speech and […]