Oct. 09, 2025 | AHS Staff Join activities hosted by Health and Kinesiology faculty and students Exercise is Medicine on Campus (EIM-OC) is an annual initiative that calls upon colleges and universities to promote physical activity as a core component of health and wellness. More than 200 campuses in the United States have registered for […]
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Faculty Focus: KCH Assistant Professor Emerson Sebastião
Oct. 23, 2023 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Emerson Sebastião is joining the faculty of the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health as an assistant professor. Sebastião spoke about teaching at his alma mater, his research influences and the college’s diversity initiatives. Q: You’re from Brazil and did your undergraduate work there. How did you end up at Illinois […]
Fresh legs carry on the Lifetime Fitness Program
May 06, 2024 | Ethan Simmons The Lifetime Fitness Program sports an eight-decade history at the University of Illinois of helping adults ages 55 and older stay fit It’s 7:30 a.m. at Campus Recreation Center East on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Charmaine Young swings a 10-pound exercise ball around her […]
HK professors work with Chicago Lighthouse on a home-based exercise program for low-vision and blind adults
Dec. 18, 2023 | Bruce Adams Kinesiology faculty partner with Chicago’s service organization for the blind How can accessible, home-based exercise programs be created for low-vision and blind adults? A team from the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the College of Applied Health Sciences will begin collaboration with the Chicago Lighthouse in the […]