Kinesiology News

Lauren Weiss receives an NSF Traineeship
September 14, 2018
Lauren Weiss received an NSF-funded stipend to support her engagement with UMD's Computation and...
Congrats to Kyle Jaquess!
September 7, 2018
Congrats to Kyle Jaquess who has successfully completed his doctoral program. Way to go, Dr...
Congratulations to Bradley Ritland
August 13, 2018
Congratulations to Bradley Ritland who successfully defended his dissertation. Congrats, Dr...
Reuters Health: Heart Doctors Recommend Less Screen Time, Sedentary Behavior for Kids
August 13, 2018
A new statement from the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Obesity Committee calls for a reduction...
Dr. Roberts hosts a conference at NIH
August 10, 2018
With funding awarded from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Jennifer Roberts (Kinesiology),...
Congrats to Dr. Ranadive
July 18, 2018
Dr. Sushant Ranadive was awarded support from the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR)...
Julie Maier earns a Post-Doc
July 3, 2018
Julie Maier (advisor, Dr. Jette) earned her Doctorate and is now on to a Postdoc research position...
Jun Won receives ACSM award
June 29, 2018
The ACSM Aging Interest Group/Strategic Health Initiative on Aging has awarded Jun Won’s abstract...
Congrats to Lauren Weiss!
June 15, 2018
Congratulations to Lauren Weiss who has been awarded an All STAR Fellowship (Scholarship, Teaching...
Congrats to Theresa Hauge!
June 14, 2018
Congrats to Theresa Hauge (Advisor: Dr. Rodolphe Gentili) who has successfully defended and...
Welcome UM STAR & UM ADAPT students!
June 13, 2018
This summer SPH, again, welcomed our Summer Training Research (UM STAR) & Diversity and...
Congrats to Liza Bell!
June 12, 2018
Congratulations to Liz Bell for successfully defending her thesis! Title : Muscular Fatigue...
Ryan Sapp earns a Summer Fellowship!
June 1, 2018
Congratulations to Ryan Sapp who has been awarded a Summer Research Fellowship from the Graduate...
Congratulations to Arielle Ocampo
May 31, 2018
Congrats to Arielle Ocampo who recently presented her Capstone project and successfully completed...
Kinesiology Celebrates its Graduate Students
May 30, 2018
The Department of Kinesiology came together to celebrate its wonderful Graduate Students. This...
Congratulations to Matt Bradley
May 24, 2018
Congratulations to Matt Bradley who recently presented his Capstone project and successfully...
Congrats to our Graduates!
May 18, 2018
Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Graduates! Master of Arts Theresa Hauge Performance, cognitive...
Honors Convocation celebrated outstanding SPH students
May 17, 2018
In its third annual Honors Convocation, the University of Maryland School of Public Health...
SPH faculty and staff assembly marks the academic year's end
May 17, 2018
The Spring 2018 SPH faculty and staff assembly included plenty of great news about school and...
The SPH Inducts students, faculty, alumni and honorary Delta Omega members
May 16, 2018
The Gamma Zeta chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the University of...
Dr. Steven J. Prior receives NIH grant to study new artery disease treatment
May 14, 2018
Steven J. Prior, assistant professor of Kinesiology, has received an R21 grant from the National...
Congrats to Jun Won!
May 10, 2018
Congratulations to Jun Won who successfully defended his thesis! TITLE: The Impact of Acute Aerobic...
Kinesiology PhD Student Katie Esmonde Awarded Wylie Fellowship
May 9, 2018
Fourth year KNES doctoral student Katie Esmonde was recently awarded an Ann G. Wylie Dissertation...
Kinesiology at Maryland Day!
May 3, 2018
Thanks to our dedicated students the Department of Kinesiology added much fun to the campus...
Congrats to Farzad Ehtemam
May 3, 2018
Congratulations to Farzad Ehtemam! NACS student Farzad Ehtemam successfully passed his dissertation...
Diamondback: TerpThon, Symbiont Health each win $5,000 in seventh annual Do Good Challenge
May 2, 2018
The School of Public Health was well represented in the seventh annual UMD Do Good Challenge...
Congrats to Jen Macko!
April 30, 2018
Fitness instructor, Kinesiology graduate student, peer educator and all-around # ActiveTerp...
Congrats to Sam Clevenger!
April 27, 2018
Congrats to Samuel Clevenger for successfully defending his dissertation! Title: ACTS OF LIVELIHOOD...
Kinesiology Student Honored at a Celebration of Women Event
April 19, 2018
The President’s Commission on Women’s Issues honored kinesiology and mechanical engineering student...
Kinesiology Quiz Bowl
April 17, 2018
The Kinesiology Honors students kicked-off and recognized the Department’s 125th Anniversary by...
Students win American Kinesiology Association Scholars award at UMD and are nominated for national award
April 12, 2018
Three Kinesiology students have received the American Kinesiology Association Scholars award for...
Kinesiology student wins university-wide award for research writing
April 12, 2018
A thesis written by Kinesiology senior Daniel Callow has been selected to receive one of this year’...
Public transportation use could help us better understand if our kids have active lifestyles
April 5, 2018
The use of public transportation can be an important part of someone’s active lifestyle but it’s...
Record-breaking participation at 2018 Public Health Research @ Maryland
April 5, 2018
Over 500 attendees converged on the Adele H. Stamp Student Union on April 3, 2018 for the sixth...
Joan S. Hult Women's History Lecture
March 29, 2018
Each year the Department of Kinesiology celebrates Women’s History Month with the Joan Hult Women's...
Kinesiology student gets prestigious RecWell award
March 29, 2018
SPH student Jennifer Macko (MA candidate, Kinesiology) has received the Kehoe-Kesler award, which...
Dr. Clark gives lecture on children’s physical activity in Australia
March 26, 2018
March 9, 2018 - Dr. Jane E. Clark, professor of kinesiology, gave a lecture at the Early Start...
Kinesiology researchers visit Capitol Hill in support of fitness legislation
March 8, 2018
A group from the Department of Kinesiology visited Capitol Hill in support of the Sports and...
Congrats to Dr. Shaun Edmonds!
March 8, 2018
Congratulations to Shaun Edmonds (Advisor: Dr. Andrews) for successfully defending his dissertation...
Annual Black History Month Lecture explores lack of diversity in physical therapy profession
February 21, 2018
Dr. Bernadette Williams-York spoke at this year's Black History Month Lecture, sponsored by the...
Will PG County residents be more active when the Purple Line opens? SPH research will find out.
February 19, 2018
A team from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health is launching a long-term...
First Gold Award prize will be awarded March 28
February 19, 2018
The wait is almost over for SPH students competing for the first annual Gold Award. On March 28,...
Congrats to Julie Maier!
February 16, 2018
Congratulations to Julie Maier (Advisor: Dr. Jette) for successfully defending her dissertation...
KNES heats up with the Chili Cook-Off
January 26, 2018
The Kinesiology Department kicked off its semester by reviving its Chili-Off tradition. We had...
Daniel Shill is awarded an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
January 11, 2018
Daniel Shill has been awarded an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship by the National Heart, Lung, and...
Business insider: The psychology behind why we're so bad at keeping New Year's resolutions
January 9, 2018
Business Insider refers to research published in the Journal of Nature and Science by Department of...
WDVM: UMD researchers study effects of Purple Line
January 3, 2018
SPH Assistant Professor Jennifer Roberts (Kinesiology) was interviewed about her newly launched...
Psychology Today: Psychology Explains New Year Resolutions, Hits and Misses
December 31, 2017
This story reports on a new investigation in the Journal of Nature and Science by School of Public...
Fall 2017 Commencement highlights
December 21, 2017
Congratulations, graduates! The University of Maryland School of Public Health held its Fall 2017...
Baltimore Sun: Winter brings new chances for a nature escape at Patuxent Research Refuge
December 13, 2017
SPH Department of Kinesiology Assistant Professor Jennifer Roberts is quoted in this article about...

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