Dec. 01, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Illinois was one of four schools inducted into the inaugural class The University of Illinois was on Tuesday inducted into the Team USA Collegiate Impact Award Class of 2020. The induction by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee honors the top-performing schools represented on Team USA at the Olympic […]
Category: College of Applied Health Sciences
KCH’s Richards gets Fulbright to complete project in Australia
Nov. 29, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Kinesiology and Community Health Associate Professor Kevin Andrew Richards has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award from the U.S. Dept. of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dr. Richards will complete a project at the University of Canberra in Australia that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships […]
Q&A with RST student Emily Jordan
Oct. 22, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Vince Lara at the University of Illinois spoke with RST student Emily Jordan about her academic career, her Joan Braswell Scholarship, her work with the NJACC tournament and why she chose RST. VINCE LARA: All right, so Emily, the first question I wanted to ask you is what made […]
A Few Minutes With … Mina Raj
Nov. 04, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo University of Illinois media relations specialist Vince Lara speaks with Kinesiology and Community Health assistant professor Mina Raj about her research agenda. Related news
A Few Minutes With … KCH Assistant Professor Sheena Martenies
April 10, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo AHS media specialist Vince Lara speaks with KCH assistant professor Sheena Martenies about why she chose Illinois, teaching during a pandemic and her research inspirations. Editor’s note: To reach Vince Lara-Cinisomo, email vinlara@illinois.edu. Related news
A Few Minutes With … Jacob Allen
Jan. 04, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo AHS media relations specialist Vince Lara speaks with Jacob Allen, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, to discuss his research on how diet, exercise and stress influence the gut microbia community. Editor’s note: To reach Vince Lara-Cinisomo, email vinlara@illinois.edu. Related news
Dr. Husain Named McCristal Scholar
June 08, 2022 | Anna Flanagan Dr. Fatima Husain, professor of speech and hearing science, has been named the 2022 King J. and Marjorie R. McCristal Distinguished Scholar in the College of Applied Health Sciences, the most prestigious recognition of scholarly achievement given by the College. The award presentation and McCristal Lecture will take place […]
Andrew Bender appointed director of operations at Chez Veterans Center
June 02, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Andrew Bender has been hired as Director of Operations at Chez Veterans Center, effective July 1. Bender, who served in the U.S. Army and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, comes to Chez from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Career Center, where he has been serving as the associate […]
Alumni Spotlight—Kelsey Beccue
Alumni of the College of Applied Health Sciences have myriad career options thanks to the tremendous diversity of programs. We periodically will put the spotlight on an alum to find out what they’re doing now, what experiences they had and what AHS means to them. This week, we talk to Kelsey Beccue, an RST alum […]
Chez Center hosts program to ready veterans for higher ed
Aug. 1, 2024 | Ethan Simmons While Adam Sherman Jr. sat for the two-hour bus ride from Chicago O’Hare Airport to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, a pit was forming in his stomach. He’d spent six years in the Navy, stationed in Japan and California for three years apiece, sometimes working out at sea […]