August 22nd, 2012, 05:08
Several top experts in collegiate and professional sports will be featured in the University of Georgia International Center for Sport Management’s (ICSM) 2012 Fall Lecture Series.
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August 15th, 2012, 10:08
A study on prevention of heat illness and stroke directed by COE researchers Michael Ferrara and Bud Cooper, which led to changes in the Georgia High School Association rules for late summer practices, is referenced in an August 14 ESPN article on changes in football.
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July 31st, 2012, 05:07
UGA College of Education Associate Dean for Research Michael Ferrara is interviewed in a July 31 CBS This Morning report on the parents of two Georgia football players who are suing over their sons’ heat-related deaths.
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July 26th, 2012, 12:07
New rules, developed from a University of Georgia College of Education study and adopted by the Georgia High School Association to protect athletes against heat illness or injury, went into effect as high football teams return to practice today, reported an article in the July 26 Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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July 25th, 2012, 05:07
New heat policies on high school football practice take effect this week, reported NBC affiliate WSAV-TV in Savannah on July 25. The policies were developed by UGA College of Education researchers after a two-year study and were adopted by the Georgia High School Association last spring.
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July 20th, 2012, 02:07
Only six states in the U.S. adhered to the recommended 150 minutes of physical education in elementary schools, a new study conducted by Bryan McCullick, a kinesiology professor at the University of Georgia, has found, reported a July 9 story on the Huffington Post and a July 19 story in the Deseret News of Salt Lake City
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July 17th, 2012, 12:07
Phillip Tomporowski, a professor of kinesiology, is quoted in a July 16 ABC News report on a study linking the amount of TV watched with increased waist size and decreased leg strength in children.
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July 17th, 2012, 08:07
Billy Hawkins, associate professor and coordinator of UGA’s sport management program, writes about if and how the N.C.A.A. should punish Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal in the July 16 New York Times.
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July 17th, 2012, 08:07
Three University of Georgia College of Education faculty members— Rose Chepyator-Thomson, Bryan McCullick and Michael Ferrara—will make presentations at the 2012 International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS), a global scientific conference associated with the Olympic Games, in Glasgow, Scotland July 19-24.
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July 10th, 2012, 10:07
A new study published by Bryan McCullick, professor and coordinator of the University of Georgia’s physical education, showing that most schools across the nation are not offering children the recommended amount of physical education, was featured in the CNN health blog, “The Chart” on July 10.
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