Oct. 25, 2025 | Ethan Simmons Can regular exercise reduce the protein needs of adults with type 2 diabetes? For healthy adults, roughly .8 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight per day is enough to maintain muscle mass and support daily function. But for adults with type 2 diabetes, an estimated 1 in 10 […]
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Announcing our faculty promotions for 2025-26
Aug. 14, 2025 | AHS Staff Seven AHS faculty received promotions for the 2025-26 academic year Seven faculty at the College of Applied Health Sciences received promotions prior to the 2025-26 Academic Year. Here are their new faculty titles. Professor Nicholas Burd, Health and Kinesiology Andiara Schwingel, Health and Kinesiology Associate Professor Susan Aguiñaga, Health […]
For Health and Kinesiology’s Askow, a heavy lift is no burden
July 09, 2024 | Darina Lubenov To anyone who knows Andy Askow, the marrying of his personal interests and research interests is no surprise. The Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Health and Kinesiology is a six-time national powerlifting champion. He’s also planning to defend his dissertation in the fall and graduate from the College of […]
Boppart research to boost astronaut fitness on NASA’s mission to Mars
Dec. 15, 2022 | Jenna Kurtzweil Harnessing the power of cells could be key to preserving astronauts’ fitness in low-gravity conditions. Exercise looks a little different en route to the Red Planet, so Professor Marni Boppart got creative. Boppart and her colleagues at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology received $1 million from […]
Exercise Is Medicine Is Gold For Illinois
July 21, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Illinois’ Exercise is Medicine–On Campus earned gold-level recognition from ACSM The Illinois Exercise is Medicine—On Campus initiative has been recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as a gold-level campus. UIUC is being recognized as a healthy academic environment, with physical activity and exercise opportunities and the commitment to create a […]
Podcast: A Few Minutes With … Nick Burd
Nov. 11, 2019 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Kinesiology and Community Health associate professor Nick Burd speaks with AHS media relations specialist Vince Lara about his research on potatoes as an exercise fuel and that physical activity and nutritional guidelines are inextricably linked. Related news