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Posted Tucker Center at Saints baseball to CEHD News
The Tucker Center has been invited, along with this year's record-setting University of Minnesota women's hockey team, to "Celebrate Women's Sports Night" on Saturday, May 18 at 7:00 pm at the Saint Paul Saints' Midway Stadium as they host the...
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Posted Tucker Center receives generous financial commitment to support Internship Program to CEHD News
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport in the School of Kinesiology, Heather L. Burns and Kathleen A. Maloy have made a significant financial commitment to the University of...
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Posted Ivanhoe Broadcast Television features LaVoi in Fall 2013 "Smart Woman" segment to CEHD News
This fall, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, teaching faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, will appear in a television show produced by Ivanhoe Broadcast News, a syndicated television news-gathering organization. The segment is based...
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Posted LaVoi in two AAHPERD research symposia to CEHD News
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, teaching faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, is part of two research-based symposia at the annual American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Conference in...
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Posted Calhoun wins Innovative Ideas Award to CEHD News
Austin Stair Calhoun, Director of eLearning + Digital Strategies in the School of Kinesiology and Ph.D. candidate in sport sociology, was awarded the 2013 CEHD Civil Services Bargaining Unit Innovative Ideas Award....
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Posted Kane delivers Raymond A. Weiss Lecture at AAHPERD to CEHD News
Professor Mary Jo Kane, School of Kinesiology faculty and director of the Tucker Center, will deliver the 2013 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Research Consortium Raymond A. Weiss Distinguished Lecture in Charlotte, NC, on April...
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Posted Postdoctoral Research Award presentation to be given by Thul to CEHD News
Dr. Chelsey Thul, recent graduate and Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar, will give a Postdoctoral Research Award presentation, "Disparities in physical activity among Minnesota adolescents of Somali, and other Non-Hispanic African American and White race," at the University of Minnesota's 7th...
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Posted Why the Women's Frozen Four was not on television to CEHD News
Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, associate director for the Tucker Center and faculty in the School of Kinesiology, appeared on WCCO's "Good Question," interviewed by Heather Brown. Dr. LaVoi comments on why the Women's Frozen Four did not appear on a...
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Posted Tucker Center accepting internship applications, deadline April 1 to CEHD News
The Tucker Center is now accepting internship applications until April 1. More information is available here ......
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Posted Kane presents at USC Conference on Sports to CEHD News
Professor Mary Jo Kane, School of Kinesiology faculty and director of the Tucker Center, will give an invited presentation, "Exploring Female Athletes' Interpretations of Media Images: A Window into the Construction of Social Identity & 'Selling Sex' in Women's Sports,"...
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Posted Article on coach-athlete sexual abuse quotes LaVoi to CEHD News
The Clarion Ledger (Gannett) has published an article, "Sexual abuse and sports: So much shame, so much blame," that quotes Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, associate director for the Tucker Center and faculty in the School of Kinesiology. LaVoi comments on...
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Posted Wiese-Bjornstal, LaVoi keynote, Bhalla workshops at North Central Sport Psychology Conference to CEHD News
School of Kinesiology faculty Drs. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Nicole M. LaVoi, and Jennifer Bhalla, along with several of their graduate students, will be attending the North Central Sport Psychology Conference at Minnesota State University - Mankato this February 22 and 23....
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Posted Kane article to be published in Communication & Sport to CEHD News
Professor Mary Jo Kane, School of Kinesiology faculty and director of the Tucker Center, has an an article accepted for publication in Communication & Sport. "The Better Sportswomen Get, the More the Media Ignore Them" explores the dearth of media...
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Posted LaVoi weighs in on Farmington goalie quitting mid-game to CEHD News
In a web article and video, WCCO News has interviewed Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, associate director for the Tucker Center and faculty in the School of Kinesiology, on a recent incident in which a high school hockey goalie purposely scored...
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There is a LOT of information floating all over the place here, and that was fun. Gonna go in and focus a little now....
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Posted LaVoi participates in CEHD Minne-College in Naples, FL to CEHD News
Dr. Nicole LaVoi, faculty in the School of Kinesiology and associate director of the Tucker Center, participated with a session, "Exercise for Senior Women, a Benefit of Title IX," at the CEHD alumni Minne-College in Naples, FL, on January...
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Posted Kane publishes in President's Council "Research Digest" to CEHD News
Professor Mary Jo Kane, School of Kinesiology faculty and director of the Tucker Center, has published an invited paper in the PCFSN Research Digest, a journal of the President's Council on Fitness, Sport & Nutrition. The article, "Title IX at...
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Posted Lewis Co-I on $1.8m R01 grant on smoking, sex hormones, and pregnancy to CEHD News
Dr. Beth Lewis, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, is a co-investigator on a $1.8 million grant funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Principal Investigator on the five-year grant is Sharon Allen from the Department of...
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Posted Lewis awarded $1.46M grant by National Institute of Mental Health to CEHD News
Dr. Beth Lewis, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, was awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) by the National Institute of Mental Health. This four-year, $1.46 million grant, "Effect of Exercise and Wellness Interventions on Preventing Postpartum Depression," is...
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Posted Gao publishes papers as lead author and corresponding author to CEHD News
Dr. Zan Gao, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, recently published an article as the lead author in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. This journal has an impact factor of 4.73. He also published an article, as...
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Posted Past-president Maureen Weiss organizes National Academy of Kinesiology meeting to CEHD News
As Past-President of the National Academy of Kinesiology, Maureen Weiss, professor of Kinesiology, organized the program for this year's annual conference in Portland, Oregon, September 20-22. The theme is Physical Activity Across the Lifespan, and sessions address robust findings, critical...
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Posted Kinesiology's Williams member of 2012 Ultimate Disc championship team to CEHD News
School of Kinesiology PAP Program instructor Greg Williams (PE 1078 Ultimate Disc) is a member of the Surly Grandmasters Ultimate Disc team that won the 2012 USA Ultimate Grand Master National Championships on Labor Day beating Philadelphia in the finals...
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Posted WCCO features Wiese-Bjornstal on concussions and female athletes to CEHD News
School of Kinesiology associate professor in sport and exercise psychology and Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport Affiliated Scholar Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, was interviewed on the Jordana Green show on WCCO radio Wednesday evening September 12. The...
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Posted Weiss, Kipp, and Bolter publish on positive youth development in the Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology to CEHD News
Maureen Weiss, professor of Kinesiology, Lindsay Kipp (PhD, 2012, lecturer at University of Kentucky), and Nicole Bolter (PhD, 2010, assistant professor at Boise State University), published a chapter on positive youth development through sport and physical activity in the prestigious...
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Posted Kang and Ji publish in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences to CEHD News
Dr. Chounghun Kang, a postdoctoral fellow working in Kinesiology's LPHES, and Dr. Li Li Ji, professor of exercise science, have an article in press in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The article, entitled "Role of PGC-1 signaling...
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Posted Gao publishes research articles as lead author to CEHD News
Dr. Zan Gao, assistant professor in behavioral aspects of physical activity, recently published two research articles as the lead author in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health and the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. These two journals have...
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Posted Thul awarded post-doc in U of M's Pediatrics to CEHD News
Chelsey Thul, Kinesiology doctoral student in sport and exercise psychology co-advised by Drs. Nicole M. LaVoi and Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, was awarded a 2-year Interdisciplinary Research Training postdoctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Primary Care in the Division of Adolescent...
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Posted Wiese-Bjornstal participates on President's Council Science Board to CEHD News
Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in sport and exercise psychology, participated in the annual Science Board meeting of the U. S. President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition in Washington, D.C. on August 20. The PCFSN Science Board consists of 16...
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Posted Maturi in MN Daily article to CEHD News
Joel Maturi, former Gopher athletics director and School of Kinesiology instructor, is featured in a MN Daily article updating Maturi's continued work here at the university....
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