Teaching the next ‘champions for change’ in sport

Oct. 24, 2025 | Ethan Simmons This Recreation, Sport and Tourism course brought together undergrads and local high school student-athletes, to understand how sport can produce positive social change. A new Recreation, Sport and Tourism course—Inclusive Champions for Change through Sport, or IC-ChangeS for short—is challenging Illinois students to understand how sports can provide a […]

RST Ph.D. student helps student-athletes find belonging, in and out of his research

Dec. 10, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Solomon Siskind is investigating what it’s like to be a Black student-athlete at a predominantly white institution and how being part of a racial affinity group affects their life on campush Solomon Siskind is living a double life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—two lives that are finely intertwined.  […]

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