Health
ӰƵ Researcher Wins NIH Grant to Fight Cancer at a Molecular Level
Single molecule biophysics sounds complicated because it is. Then again, so is cancer.
So it makes sense that one of ӰƵ's molecular biophysicists would take on the most notorious challenge in medical science.
ӰƵ Nursing Student Takes Graduation by Storm
Debra Thomas wanted to be a nurse to help people, but she was the one who ended up in need after two hurricanes hit her home in the Caribbean.
ӰƵ Student Asks Twitter to Help His Mom Quit Smoking
Eli Kalil, a junior applied communications major at ӰƵ, saw just how powerful the tool of social media can be when he posted an inspiring tweet involving his mother in late January.
ӰƵ Police Officer Anne Spahr Changes Lives Through Crisis Intervention
Police officers rarely find out how victims are doing after a crisis. But ӰƵ Police Officer Anne Spahr recalls the moment when she knew she had saved a life.
ӰƵ’s DeWeese Health Center Creates Community Garden to Foster Wellness on Campus
ӰƵ’s DeWeese Health Center is on a mission to create a culture of wellness on campus that incorporates body, mind, spirit and financial well-being, as well as a sense of community.
Optimal Aging
We’re all getting older—that is, if we’re lucky. ӰƵ experts share their advice on how to prepare for and make the most of our golden [Flash] years.
By Lynette Lamb / ӰƵ Magazine
ӰƵ Athletes Are the First in the MAC to Use Cryotherapy Technology
ӰƵ Athletics is the first in the Mid-American Conference to provide student-athletes with a cryotherapy chamber. The therapy uses subzero temperatures, under 200 degrees Fahrenheit, to help muscles recover quickly. The department installed the chamber in the Memorial Athletic a…
ӰƵ Employee and Wellness Ambassador “Walks the World”
ӰƵ employee Mark van ‘t Hooft, Ph.D., took to the Netherlands for four days this summer and walked 125 miles in the largest multiday marching event in the world.
ӰƵ Vies for Most Active University in 12-Week Challenge
The 12-week On the Move University Challenge begins Oct. 2 and provides ӰƵ faculty and staff with a blue and golden opportunity to move more, sit less and become the Most Active University in the nation!
A Weighty Concern
How can we halt the health hazard of childhood obesity? ӰƵ researchers weigh in on their latest findings. By Michael Blanding / ӰƵ Magazine