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Graduate students Matt Fritzie (MVS) and Chris Kelley (SM) represented the U-M Adaptive Sports & Fitness Program at the Wheelchair Tennis Collegiate National Championships this spring.
How a Super League could destroy European soccer
Sport Management Professor Stefan Szymanski wrote an editorial in The Conversation on the effects that a Super League would have on the hierarchy of divisions within European soccer.
Sport Management Professor Stefan Szymanski wrote an editorial in The Conversation on the effects that a Super League would have on the hierarchy of divisions within European soccer.
Applied Exercise Science student Trisha Schuver has launched the Kinesiology Vaccination Initiative to help Kines students, faculty, and staff get their shots scheduled.
Sport Management Professor Rodney Fort is lead author on an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court for the NCAA v. Alston case. Sport Management Professor Stefan Szymanski is a co-author.
The Best Network in Sports
At the School of Kinesiology’s Sport Management Program, a group of alumni fully embrace that Michigan spirit and have turned their passion for U-M into support for students.
University of Michigan students quickly learn that they are connected to a global Wolverine community boasting over 600,000 living alumni, and students have relied on these networks for invaluable support both during and after their time at U-M.
Dr. Rebbeca Hasson, associate professor of Movement Science, developed a series of short exercise videos to help keep Michigan kids moving during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The biggest win: In 2020, NFL found ways to play every game
Dr. Ketra Armstrong comments on the NFL playing in a pandemic and the increased calls for it to be more socially responsible.
Dr. Ketra Armstrong comments on the National Football League playing its games during a pandemic and the increasing calls for the league to be more socially responsible.
Overlooked Accomplishments of African American Athletes Receive New Attention
Dr. Ketra Armstrong is quoted in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education article
Dr. Ketra Armstrong discusses the impact of Major League Baseball's decision to promote seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 to Major League status.
Walk this way: Link established between altered gait after ACL injury and knee osteoarthritis
A study led by Lindsey Lepley establishes the first known direct link between altered gait and knee osteoarthritis.
Rehabilitation specialists and researchers have long hypothesized that ACL injury results in gait changes that contribute to the onset of osteoarthritis, said Lindsey Lepley, assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Michigan. A recent study led by Lepley is the first known to demonstrate that link.
Graduate students selected for Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program
Rachel Logue, Movement Science PhD student, and Jinghi Kang, Sport Management master's student, were two of six students accepted into the program.
Two Kinesiology graduate students were accepted into the competitive Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program (PHGC) offered through the Learning Health Sciences Department at Michigan Medicine.
Ploutz-Snyder reappointed as dean
Second five-year term runs July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026
Dear Kinesiology community,
Horowitz named NAK Fellow
Jeff Horowitz, professor of Movement Science, was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Kinesiology.
Jeff Horowitz, professor of Movement Science, was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Kinesiology during a virtual ceremony held September 25, 2020. Read the full press release here.