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Health

91²Ö¿â employee Mark van ‘t Hooft presents at a lunch and learn to celebrate and recognize his achievements and commitment to the university’s wellness program.

91²Ö¿â 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.

91²Ö¿â employees pause to listen to Michael Bruder, executive director of facilities planning and design, during a Walk and Talk to learn about campus construction.  The Walk and Talk is one of 91²Ö¿â’s wellness initiatives for employees.

91²Ö¿â has achieved silver-level recognition from the American Heart Association for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace.

91²Ö¿â employees participate in the Lunchtime Rejuvenation Yoga session – a regular wellness offering on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The 12-week On the Move University Challenge begins Oct. 2 and provides 91²Ö¿â faculty and staff with a blue and golden opportunity to move more, sit less and become the Most Active University in the nation!

91²Ö¿â Magazine
A Weighty Concern

How can we halt the health hazard of childhood obesity? 91²Ö¿â researchers weigh in on their latest findings. By Michael Blanding / 91²Ö¿â Magazine

91²Ö¿â Magazine
Photo by Melissa Olson

As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, 91²Ö¿â sophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what’s going on, who is affected—and what we can do about it.

By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / 91²Ö¿â Magazine

91²Ö¿â researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

91²Ö¿â researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

Ideastream talks with 91²Ö¿â Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Ideastream® talks with 91²Ö¿â Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

WKYC-TV talks with 91²Ö¿â researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

91²Ö¿â Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Emelia Sherin, a public relations major in 91²Ö¿â’s College of Communication and Information, has written a play “Independent: The Heroin Project.â€

The New York Times highlights a 91²Ö¿â student who turned the heroin epidemic into a theatrical performance â€œIndependent: The Heroin Project.â€