July 03, 2024 | Ethan Simmons With her unique scholarly background, Synthia Sydnor has provided a humanities-trained perspective within the department for three decades As a wandering graduate student, Synthia Sydnor used to take cross-country road trips while she worked on her Ph.D. at Penn State University. In 1986, an opportunity came calling from the College […]
Category: Kinesiology
Fresh legs carry on the Lifetime Fitness Program
May 06, 2024 | Ethan Simmons The Lifetime Fitness Program sports an eight-decade history at the University of Illinois of helping adults ages 55 and older stay fit It’s 7:30 a.m. at Campus Recreation Center East on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Charmaine Young swings a 10-pound exercise ball around her […]
Yogi, OT, teacher, researcher: Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate explores yoga for pain management
April 01, 2024 | Ethan Simmons The question that guides her research: How might yoga be used to manage chronic pain? To doctoral candidate Stephanie Voss, chronic pain treatment and yoga have more in common than we think. Voss, now in her third year of a kinesiology Ph.D program at the University of Illinois, first […]
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 […]
The future is filled with hope, Chittenden Symposium speakers say
April 18, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The focus of the Chittenden Symposium was on human factors in health technology, with the goal of advancing a research agenda. But according to Kinesiology and Community Health Professor Wendy Rogers, the roadmap needs to first be drawn. Rogers was part of the final presentation on April 13 of […]
Skating career led to kinesiology studies for Weinstein
April 08, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo It was a circuitous route to the University of Illinois for Lindsay Weinstein At one time in her life, Lindsay Weinstein thought admitting she needed a physical therapist meant she was “weak.” Now she is studying to be one. The four-time national medalist figure skater is now a kinesiology […]
Chittenden Symposium is truly a family affair
April 18, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Hope and optimism emphasized by speakers at Chittenden Symposium The theme of the 2022 Chittenden Symposium is Human Factors for Health Technology. But the heart of the event is really a love story. The Chittenden Symposium, which returns in 2022 after a five-year hiatus, is a collaboration of the […]
Alumni Spotlight—Marilyn Adibu
Jan. 10, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo 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 […]
Alumni Spotlight—Jamaal Rahman
Dec. 21, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo 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 […]
Alumni Spotlight—Ariana Mazza Bensyl
Dec. 09, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo 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 […]