Tag archive for ‘Department of Kinesiology Recreation and Sport Studies’
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August 8, 2012
If watching the London Olympics has sparked an interest in race walking, with its singular hip-swinging, rolling gait, but the pace is not right, consider power walking, its more easygoing...Read More »
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July 26, 2012
US News interviewed David Bassett Jr., co-director of the UT Obesity Research Center and a professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, about a study that shows that...Read More »
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May 24, 2012
Several local news outlets highlighted a new study at UT’s Early Learning Center that may change the way playgrounds are designed. Sean Durham, director of the center, decided to give the playground...Read More »
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April 18, 2012
More than 200 UT students are in Crossville, Tennessee, this week serving as counselors for kids with disabilities at Camp Koinonia, part of the Therpeutic Recreation program. Gene Hayes, professor...Read More »
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December 7, 2011
When South Korea hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kyunsuk Kim hopes to be at the forefront of helping his country plan the international event. Kim, 36, a retired competitive alpine...Read More »
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November 11, 2011
When she was in the Navy, Melissa Watson was one of the first women trained to use hand-to-hand combat, if needed, during searches of foreign ships in a war zone....Read More »
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October 28, 2011
A person who uses a manual wheelchair can burn up to 120 calories in half an hour while wheeling at 2 mph on a flat surface, which is three times...Read More »
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October 28, 2011
Honors and awards for UT Knoxville faculty and graduate...Read More »
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November 19, 2010
On Saturday, a group of Iraqi refugees and a group of undergraduates from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will sit down to a Thanksgiving feast and talk about what they're...Read More »
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November 9, 2010
Dixie Thompson and David Bassett, both professors in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies at UT Knoxville, were among eight U.S. and two international scholars recently inducted into...Read More »
