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鈥榃hy the Coronavirus Appears Tied to Fewer Heart Attacks鈥
Brooks B. Gump is the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College. Kevin Heffernan is the Dean鈥檚 Associate Professor in the School of Education and director of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Human Performance Lab. In an opinion piece…
New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program Launching through Gift from Intelligence++ Foundation
An innovative, interdisciplinary program focused on inclusive entrepreneurship and design is being offered for the 2020-21 academic year in a partnership of the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars (LaunchPad) at 黑料不打烊 Libraries, the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education…
Ten 黑料不打烊 Students, Alumni Receive 2020-21 Fulbright Student Awards
Next year, Emma Ettinger 鈥17 plans to work on a master鈥檚 degree in Shakespeare and creativity in the United Kingdom. Gwendolyn Burke 鈥20 plans to teach English and American culture to students in Vietnam. Leah Garlock 鈥16 hopes to encourage…
Life as an Athlete During COVID-19
Kristin Konkol, assistant professor in the School of Education, authored the Chopra.com story 鈥淜eeping Your Drive: Flourishing as an Athlete During COVID-19.鈥 In the article, Konkol provides advice for athletes on staying motivated and working hard during the pandemic.
Prior Learning Experience May Transition to College Credits
Vincente Cuevas is a health promotions coordinator at the Barnes Center at The Arch. Blaine Moore works for the 274th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hancock Airport. And Mary Welker works in the Office of Professional Research and Development in…
Being Fat, Being Disabled and Doing Things That Feel Good
In his research, Mike Gill, associate professor of disability studies in the department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, references an episode of the public radio show 鈥淭his American Life鈥 titled 鈥淥wn Worst Enemy鈥 featuring stories…
A New Study Links COVID-19 With Increased Risk of Cardiac Injury
Brooks Gump, Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health at Falk College and Kevin and Kevin Heffernan, Dean’s Associate Professor at the School of Education and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory, were interviewed by CNN for the story, 鈥淐ardiac…
$1.5 Million Awarded to the School of Education for Pre-Employment Transition Initiative for Youth With Disabilities
The School of Education has secured a $1.5 million grant from the New York State Education Department to serve students with disabilities transitioning to adulthood. Students in the state who have a disability have a much lower rate of high…
Zell Lecture with Magda Matache Examines Centuries of Roma Enslavement and Road to Healing
Romani justice scholar and activist Margareta (Magda) Matache, director of the Roma program at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, will present the School of Education鈥檚 annual Zell Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in…
2020 Orange Circle Award Winners Announced
Transforming people鈥檚 lives through access to affordable housing, improving literacy in some of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 most impoverished communities, using the art of step to give back, increasing public health awareness at an area high school, and providing essential medical supplies to…