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Kinesiology program swinging success on cable program
6/23/21
Former biomechanics graduate student Chris Como visited ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ to film a segment for the Golf Channel program, Swing Expedition. Como visited with his former teacher, Young-Hoo Kwon, PhD, professor and director of the Biomechanics Laboratory in the School of Health Promotion & Kinesiology.
The Ingredients for Success
6/14/21
Texas Woman’s Nutrition and Food Sciences Assistant Professor , is passionate about many things in life, but three main ones have guided his career – food, teaching and research. Working at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ has enabled him to pursue all of them, and national organizations are taking notice of his work.
In pursuit of science: ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ alumna inspires girls interested in STEM
5/19/21
Texas Woman’s kinesiology-biomechanics alumna Kirsten Tulchin-Francis (PhD ’12), a self-proclaimed science and math geek, has spent more than 23 years combing those two passions with athletics and medicine to achieve success in the field of biomedical engineering. Her experiences as a researcher and teacher are now inspiring other generations of females to make names for themselves in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ inspires high school students with virtual biomechanics events
5/19/21
For the past few years, Texas Woman’s biomechanics and motor behavior graduate students have participated in (NBD), an annual event designed to introduce high school students to the field of biomechanics. Though the 2020 events were cancelled due to COVID-19, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ came roaring back this April with virtual events to both educate and inspire future researchers.
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ’s all-female design competition team tackles space headaches in astronauts
5/4/21
Five Texas Woman’s kinesiology seniors brought research to life by competing in the April 20-21. The ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Athena V team, the second all-female ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ team to enter the competition and the only all-female team competing this spring, placed seventh overall. All five team members will graduate this May.