Nov. 15, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Parks and recreation services play critical roles in making neighborhoods and cities livable, the researchers said Two researchers from the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism in the College of Applied Health Sciences are among the recipients for this first year of Call to Action funding from the Office […]
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Expert Q&A: RST’s Kim Shinew on trails and COVID-19
April 27, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The College of Applied Health Sciences has experts in many areas that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Periodically we will ask these experts about how their areas of expertise have been impacted and what we can expect in a post-COVID-19 world. Today, we ask Kimberly Shinew, a […]
How recreation programs can be used to mitigate youth gang involvement and violence
Aug. 28, 2019 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Researchers at AHS argue that recreation can be an effective piece of addressing youth gang violence Recreation programs, in addition to other strategies, can potentially be effective in addressing youth gang involvement and violence, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The study, titled, […]