News Archive

• UIC kinesiology students, faculty volunteer at 2023 Chicago Marathon

  Thursday, November 9, 2023

  About 45 KN undergraduate and graduate students volunteered for the marathon’s Sweep and Psyching teams

• Mediterranean diet could help pregnant women avoid depression

  Monday, November 6, 2023

  Pregnant women who ate a Mediterranean-style diet were less likely to show symptoms of depression, according to a recent study led by Vanessa Oddo

• Intermittent fasting is safe, effective for those with Type 2 diabetes

  Tuesday, October 31, 2023

  Krista Varady is senior author of the study

• Lisa Tussing-Humphreys is member of research team awarded $3 million grant to study link between gut microbiome, pain in kidney transplant patients

  Wednesday, October 25, 2023

  The five-year study builds off a pilot study that pointed to an association between changes in the gut microbiome and pain that interferes with a person’s daily activities

• Annmarie Chizewski completes her second Chicago Marathon

  Monday, October 9, 2023

  KN assistant director of experiential learning says twice wasn’t enough—she’ll run the Chicago Marathon again.

• Research shows that intermittent fasting is safe and effective

  Monday, August 7, 2023

  Intermittent fasting, an increasingly popular weight loss regime, is an effective and safe way to lose weight, according to a body of research from Krista Varady

• Vanessa Oddo named a United States Department of Agriculture 2023 E. Kika De La Garza Fellow

  Wednesday, August 2, 2023

  Fellows spend one week meeting with leaders from different USDA agencies in the Washington, D.C. area to learn about national and regional issues, policy making and research

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  Student exchange agreement established with Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England

  Wednesday, April 26, 2023

  Kinesiology students now have two new opportunities to study abroad