Kinesiology News

With the approaching retirement of Jane Neese, senior associate dean of academic affairs, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke has announced a series of transitions in leadership at the UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services. Neese has provided Dean Tudor-Locke with formal notice of her intent to retire September 1, 2021. “Jane’s gracious early notice has […]

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things I cannot accept” (Angela Davis) On May 25th, 2020 the world watched as George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, slowly lost his life at hands of local law enforcement. For many in the Charlotte community, this tragedy […]

by: Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer This was to be a celebratory spring for Alison Cruise. The UNC Charlotte alumna learned last summer that the U.S. Air Force would promote her to major this May, and she was excited by the prospect of her 3-year-old daughter Shiloh pinning the new rank insignia on her uniform in […]

The UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services extends sympathy to the family and friends of former senior lecturer Roy Fielding, who passed away Friday. Fielding had been a fixture at the university since 1977 through his recent retirement. He served as lecturer, aquatics director and senior lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology during […]

by: Laurie Larsh There is no pomp or circumstance for UNC Charlotte graduates Jordan Scott and Davian (DJ) Robinson. Like the rest of their 2020 classmates, they will be watching their commencement speech online, rather than walking across Halton Arena to receive their hard-earned diplomas on Saturday. But the once overweight boy from the beaches […]

UNC Charlotte students are joining medical professionals on the frontline of the coronavirus response. WCNC highlighted their impact and the quality of UNC Charlotte’s respiratory therapy program. WATCH THE VIDEO

Even during a “normal” week, eating healthy can be a challenge for people across the country. For many, the added pressures of the COVID-19 outbreak may make achieving a healthy diet feel like an especially tall mountain to climb. Registered dietitian Tracy Bonoffski is a lecturer in the UNC Charlotte Department of Kinesiology, and shared […]

Kids are out of school for at least the next couple of weeks, and many parents are working from home. With retailers, theaters, gyms and other businesses closing due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy for adults and children to lose their motivation to get moving. But you don’t have to go stir […]

Dr. Mary Ellen Wells, director of the Neurodiagnostics and the Sleep Science program for the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Charlotte, spoke with ABC 11 about Daylight Savings Time. She said that when it comes to sleep and Daylight Saving Time begins, there are things you can do to help adjust. WATCH THE VIDEO

UNC Charlotte biology doctoral student Nicole Stott has been selected as a graduate student ambassador for the American Physiological Society (APS). As one of five students across the country picked for the role, she will serve a two-year term as a liaison between local students and APS. Stott will receive funding to attend Experimental Biology, […]