Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) shared a report that notes the work of UW–Madison’s Julie Stamm and the Department of Kinesiology’s efforts to better engage with students in large lectures. Started in 2016, the Redesigning for Active Learning in High-Enrollment Courses (REACH) initiative at UW–Madison is aimed at increasing engagement and attendance in large lecture classes. While some …
UW–Madison’s Kelli Koltyn and Kevin Crombie recently participated in a symposium titled “Exercise and the Endocannabinoid System: Implications for Mental Health” at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Orlando, Florida. Koltyn is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, while Crombie is a graduate student with the department. …
Kelli Koltyn and Susan Andreae recently received a UW–Madison Contemporary Social Problems Initiative Award for their project titled “Enhancing Maintenance of Standing Up and Moving more in Older Adults.” Koltyn is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, while Andreae is an assistant professor with the department. Older adults spend most of the …
UW–Madison’s Jerry Dempsey, who is recognized as a leading authority on pulmonary physiology, received an honorary degree from Western University in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada, on June 18. Dempsey is the John Robert Sutton Professor Emeritus of Population Health Sciences, and the director of the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine. He also holds …
UW–Madison’s Nick Frost and Susan Andrae participated in the Collaborative Center for Health Equity’s (CCHE) Health Equity Leadership Institute (HELI), which took place June 17-21. Frost is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, while Andrae is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. HELI is an intensive, weeklong career development …
UW–Madison’s Tim Gattenby received a certificate of appreciation from the Badger Battalion. Gattenby is a distinguished faculty associate with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and the director of its adapted fitness and personal training program. Gattenby was instrumental in opening a relationship between the Badger Battalion, the Department of Kinesiology, and its adapted fitness initiatives. Gattenby …
UW–Madison student Adam Corkery was selected by the American Kinesiology Association (AKA) to receive the 2019 American Kinesiology Association National Master’s Scholar Award. Corkery recently earned his master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology this spring, while also working in the Barnes Lab. Corkery studies exercise physiology, having already published work on how exercise’s improvement …
UW–Madison alumnus Duane Knudson, now a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas State University, has been elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). He will be inducted at the academy’s annual meeting in Bellevue, Washington, on September 14. Knudson earned his Ph.D. from the School of …
UW–Madison researchers, including several with ties to the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, recently published a study on the effectiveness of activity trackers, including Fitbits, with JMIR Publications’ mHealth and uHealth. Diana Dorn and Jessica Gorzelitz are both graduate students with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, while Lisa Cadmus-Bertram, Kelli Koltyn and …
It’s not even 7 a.m. and 30 women, several of whom are 70-and-older, are already working up a good sweat inside Gym 2 of the UW–Madison Natatorium. Wearing a headset and wireless microphone, class instructor Bonnie Loughran demonstrates and talks the women through their workout while the Eagles’ “Take it to the Limit (One More Time)” …