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A family exercises at home
Featured — 3/1/21
InPACTatHome is Getting Kids Moving - Virtually
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.
Two people building the Lombardi Trophy out of sand

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.
February 12, 2021
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. 
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Overlooked Accomplishments of African American Athletes Receive New Attention

Dr. Ketra Armstrong is quoted in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education article
February 11, 2021
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.
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A woman's hand on her knee.

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.
January 8, 2021

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.

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Jinghi Kang and Rachel Logue

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.
November 16, 2020

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.

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Dean Lori Ploutz-Snyder

Ploutz-Snyder reappointed as dean

Second five-year term runs July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026
October 23, 2020

Dear Kinesiology community,

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Jeff Horowitz

Horowitz named NAK Fellow

Jeff Horowitz, professor of Movement Science, was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of Kinesiology.
October 14, 2020

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. 

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Dr. Bente Klarlund Pedersen

Borer Lecture with Dr. Bente Klarlund Pedersen on Oct. 9

Dr. Bente Klarlund Pedersen will be the 2020 speaker for the Katarina T. Borer Lecturership in Exercise Endocrinology and Metabolism.
October 1, 2020

The School of Kinesiology is pleased to welcome Dr. Bente Klarlund Pedersen as the 2020 speaker for the Katarina T. Borer Lecturership in Exercise Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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Conceptual art of new classroom in the Krause building

Michigan Kinesiology ranked #1

National Academy of Kinesiology names Michigan Kinesiology doctoral program the best in the nation
September 25, 2020

The University of Michigan School of Kinesiology’s doctoral program is ranked number one nationally by the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) following the release of its 2020 Review and Evaluation of Doctoral Programs.

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Students test out wearable technology

Movement Science students test latest technology in on-campus course

Students test wearable technology to determine the safety of working out with a face covering
September 23, 2020

A group of students in Pete Bodary's in-person Scientific Inquiry Using Wearable Technology class are using the latest wearable technology to determine what happens during a workout with or without a face covering.

Read the full story on Michigan News.

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Michigan Stadium sits empty

Revenue goals lurk behind decision to hold Big Ten college football games amid pandemic

Mark Rosentraub, professor of sport management, addresses some of benefits and potential drawbacks of playing football too soon
September 23, 2020

Mark Rosentraub, professor of Sport Management, discusses the benefits and risks of the Big Ten Conference resuming football on October 24 in an article that was published on The Conversation.

Read the article on The Conversation.

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University of Michigan athletic campus

Without a Michigan College Football Season, Ann Arbor Feels the Loss

Students, residents and businesses try to find their way in a town missing the excitement and revenue generated by Wolverine home games.
September 15, 2020

For the first time since 1882, the University of Michigan's football team isn't scheduled to compete in a normal season. The postponed season is upending life and business in this quintessential college town, which typically sees an influx of out-of-towners to each home game when more than 100,000 fans fill Michigan Stadium.

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Tackling The Intersection of Sports and Racism

'Inequality in America' special
December 23, 2020
Channel 4, an NBC affiliate in Washington DC, aired a special that features Sport Management professor Dr. Ketra Armstrong.
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