Universities Push Harder Into Realm of Startups. Universities are stepping up efforts to create “spinouts,” or business startups born from some of the cutting-edge research of their students or faculty.
Some schools are creating funds that help cover startup costs. Others are pairing scientists with entrepreneurs, launching incubators, or programs to foster business development, and even including entrepreneurial activity in their reviews of faculty. The moves come as universities face heightened pressure from trustees, government officials and others to demonstrate the value of academic research. Universities and other research institutions created 818 startups in fiscal 2013, up from 705 in 2012 and 670 in 2011, according to the Association of University Technology Managers, a trade group. Gene testing: a valuble proposition. Worst NFL Injuries - Tom Junod on Injury Issue in the NFL. January 18, 2013, 8:00 AM This NFL season has been defined by people talking about "the injury issue" — pundits, columnists, league officials.
The one voice you haven't heard — until now — belongs to the players. By Tom Junod More from this author Published in the February 2013 issue, on sale any day now My left knee has been aching this entire week. Parents push children to excel in sports. By MARTHA IRVINE Shawn Worthy admits he’s a competitive guy — and a competitive parent, sometimes.
Shawn Worthy and his 16-year-old daughter, Soleil, walk the fairway at a golf course near their home in Aurora, Colo. Yet even he was floored when a couple of moms he met at a pro junior golf tournament told him that their teen daughters would be entered in 30 such events this past summer.
Sports and Society Program. NCAA. Sociology_Sports. Will 'Pay to Play' Become A Permanent Part of School Sports? Who Wins When “Student” And “Athlete” Clash? The University. Cardale Jones is Ohio State University’s third-string quarterback, but don’t let that fool you.
He is a physical specimen listed at 6’5”, 235 pounds who plays his sport’s most important position. In 2011, when he was a senior playing for Coach Ted Ginn (a prominent headset-wearer whose son plays for the San Francisco 49ers), Yahoo!’ S high school football site Rivals.com named Jones the 12th-best prep-level quarterback in the country. Adidas Jr Phenom Camp 2010: The Biggest & Best Bball Event This Year! Balancing School with Sports. Since Wake is considered one of the best schools academically in North Carolina and one of the best schools athletically in the Atlantic Coast Conference, student-athletes must manage balancing their extensive athletic schedule with their high academic workload.
They are given the delicate process of balancing their time practicing, competing, sleeping, completing homework, and socializing. The NCAA Division I Academic Cabinet published a report in 2009 on the time commitments of student-athletes when they are in season. The report breaks down the hours spent per weekday and weekend student-athletes spend on homework, on practices or competitions, on sleeping and on socializing. A football player spends, on average, 6.8 hours on homework, 7.1 hours on sport, 6 hours sleeping, and 2.5 hours socializing during a typical weekday. The Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ResearchWilliam Earnhardt Mission of Sports Medicine Research Laboratory To safely promote and increase physical activity in society through research, education and service in the areas of risk factor identification and prevention of sport and recreational injuries to improve the health and wellness of society.
Current Research Projects. 'Obese Kid Running' Nike Ad Is Genius: Why The Critics Have It Wrong. The nation's childhood obesity epidemic: Health disparities in the making. We have not always been a nation in the midst of an obesity epidemic.
In the 1960s and 1970s only 13 percent of U.S. adults and 5 to 7 percent of U.S. children were obese. Today, 17 percent of our children, 32 percent of adult males, and 36 percent of adult females are obese. Although obesity has increased across all racial and ethnic groups, it affects some groups more than others. Black (50 percent) and Hispanic women (45 percent) have the highest adult obesity rates.
Premature death is more likely in obese children. By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY This week, first lady Michelle Obama announced a national campaign to combat childhood obesity, and now a new study shows that obese children are more likely to die prematurely than their healthy-weight peers.
The research adds to growing evidence of the health risks of childhood obesity. Designed To Move - A physical activity agenda to fuel the future.
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Little League, Huge Effect. When pundits discuss the influence of sports on American culture, they often emphasize the negatives: Michael Vick and dogfighting; the steroids scandals in baseball; lewd fan behavior in football; doping incidents in cycling and track.
