Exercise physiologist Russell Pate will discuss “Policies for Promotion of Physical Activity and Prevention of Obesity in Youth” on campus Friday.
An all-female environment for sport will launch Friday with six-week programs in volleyball or basketball for girls six to 16 years old.
Dave Andrews works on a laptop in his office in the Human Kinetics building. The kinesiology professor is looking for participants for a study to help identify ergonomic risk factors associated with mobile device use.
Sergio Perciballi, left, waits at a fan event while soccer star David Beckham signs autographs.
Lancer grad Shealyn McLaughlin launches a stone in recent Highland Games competition.
Marijke Taks studies the soci-economic impacts of sports and leisure and says the organizers of the International Children's Games have done an excellent job in engaging the community's assistance in planning the event.
Non-mega events like the International Children's Games are more likely to better engage local volunteers and are less likely to leave behind “white elephants,” according to Marijke Taks.
Kyle Brown has been working with the Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital foundation on promoting a fundraising event at Comerica Park for Canadian fans of the Detroit Tigers.
Jimmy El-Turk and Adam Ali are master's students in kinesiology and have explored the impact mixed martial arts are having on the community.
While mixed martial arts have grown rapidly in North America, research on the sport is still lacking, leaving a great deal of uncharted territory for young academics like Jimmy El-Turk and Adam Ali to navigate.
Both master’s students in the university’s kinesiology department, El-Turk and Ali have conducted qualitative research on the legacy that hosting MMA events in Windsor will have on the community, the likelihood for the sport’s survival and the motivations of women who participate in the sport.
Two UWindsor alumnae are among the 56 athletes who will represent Canada on the track at the 2013 Summer Universiade, July 7 to12 in Kazan, Russia.
Melissa Bishop (BHK 2010, B.Ed 2011) and Noelle Montcalm (BScN 2012) will suit up in the red and white; Bishop will run the 800-metre event, while Montcalm will compete in the 400-metre hurdles.
Lancer alumna Nicole Sassine was one of 19 female scholar-athletes from across the province honoured by Ontario University Athletics as “Women of Influence” at a luncheon held Tuesday, May 7. The award honours female student-athletes who have excelled in their chosen sports and fields of study.
Sassine says she is proud to have won recognition both for academic and athletic accomplishment.
