Topic: sports and recreation

woman running in pool
Research | May 4, 2022

Kinesiology professor John Mercer turned a love of triathlons into a vector for research into wetsuit technology and underwater running.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Lady Rebels basketball team plays in the 2022 NCAA tournament
Research | March 29, 2022

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ sport and gender parity researcher Nancy Lough on four ways social media and technology are changing how female athletes, fans interact with each other, sponsors.

A video game controller and keyboard used in an esports game.
Research | October 29, 2021

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ gaming researcher explores the potential impacts of cheating in a burgeoning industry.

Allegiant Stadium and Las Vegas Strip
Business and Community | August 18, 2021

Las Vegas sport teams, venues to act as living lab for students in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s new sport management master’s degree program.

Flavia Saraiva partakes in artistic gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Research | July 23, 2021

Focus on what you’re trying to accomplish rather than what’s going on with your body, says 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ kinesiology professor Gabriele Wulf.

A man bites down on a gold medal
People | July 22, 2021

Lee Business School Graduate Connor Fields defends his gold medal at the 2020 Summer Games.

Gabriele Wulf is pictured in a red sweater standing on a landing in the lobby of the Bigelow Health Sciences on 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's campus
Research | July 8, 2021

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ kinesiology professor Gabriele Wulf tells athletes to keep their eyes on the prize — not internal body movement — to achieve optimal performance during Tokyo 2020.

group of cheerleaders
Athletics | July 6, 2021

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ cheerleader graduates as a three-time national champion.