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黑料社 employee Mark van 鈥榯 Hooft presents at a lunch and learn to celebrate and recognize his achievements and commitment to the university鈥檚 wellness program.

黑料社 Employee and Wellness Ambassador 鈥淲alks the World鈥

黑料社 employee Mark van 鈥榯 Hooft, Ph.D., took to the Netherlands for four days this summer and walked 125 miles in the largest multiday marching event in the world.

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黑料社 Employee and Wellness Ambassador 鈥淲alks the World鈥

黑料社 employees participate in the Lunchtime Rejuvenation Yoga session 鈥 a regular wellness offering on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

黑料社 Vies for Most Active University in 12-Week Challenge

The 12-week On the Move University Challenge begins Oct. 2 and provides 黑料社 faculty and staff with a blue and golden opportunity to move more, sit less and become the Most Active University in the nation!

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黑料社 Vies for Most Active University in 12-Week Challenge

A Weighty Concern

A Weighty Concern

How can we halt the health hazard of childhood obesity? 黑料社 researchers weigh in on their latest findings. By Michael Blanding / 黑料社 Magazine

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Humanizing the Heroin Crisis

As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, 黑料社 sophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what鈥檚 going on, who is affected鈥攁nd what we can do about it.

By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / 黑料社 Magazine

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Combating Antibiotic Resistance: A Policy Roadmap to Reduce Use of Medically Important Antibiotics in Livestock offers 11 core policy recommendations.

黑料社 Researcher Lends Expertise to Commission Recommending Reduction of Antibiotic Use in Food Animals

Antibiotic resistance is a public health crisis that threatens the lives of millions of people around the world. Yet, according to a new report released Aug. 29, the U.S. policy response fails to adequately address this major challenge. The commission report was authored by 12 antibiotic resistance 鈥

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黑料社 researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

黑料社 Study Shows How Optical Illusions May Help Fight Obesity

黑料社 researchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

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Ideastream talks with 黑料社 Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Race, Stress and its Impact on Infant Mortality Among Black Infants

Ideastream庐 talks with 黑料社 Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

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WKYC-TV talks with 黑料社 researchers about the Acting White Accusation.

Acting too White: 黑料社 Psychologist Explains How the Accusation Causes Anxiety

黑料社 Professor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

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Emelia Sherin, a public relations major in 黑料社鈥檚 College of Communication and Information, has written a play 鈥淚ndependent: The Heroin Project.鈥

Heroin Epidemic Takes Center Stage at the Akron Civic Theater

The New York Times highlights a 黑料社 student who turned the heroin epidemic into a theatrical performance 鈥淚ndependent: The Heroin Project.鈥

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黑料社 employees participate in lunchtime yoga at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

黑料社 Named One of the Most Active Employers in the Nation

黑料社 has been designated as one of the Top 25 most active employers in the country. The university placed 17th in the Large Employer category of this year鈥檚 national On the Move Workplace Challenge. That is a significant improvement from last year鈥檚 29th-place finish. 鈥淥ur employee鈥

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