Media Relations
Tuesday,
November 25,
2003
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Indiana University researchers and fitness experts discuss links between creativity and happy people, hot weather exercise and important considerations when selecting a personal trainer or fitness specialist (beware of motor mouths).
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In this Olympics-themed media tip sheet, Indiana University experts discuss the controversial bodysuit in swimming, Tibetan independence, endangered wildlife protection efforts in China, a starting system that could cost U.S. track and field athletes medals, and sports law at the Olympics.
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Indiana University public health expert Lloyd Kolbe has been asked by the Chinese government to help it implement new national guidelines requiring the country's 1.6 million schools to provide students with daily physical activity. The move is an attempt to reverse a burgeoning obesity problem in China.
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The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Indiana University has signed or renewed international agreements with six universities in China, including Peking University School of Public Health, Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, Beijing Sport University and Shanghai Sports University. The School of HPER also renewed an agreement with Taiwan National Sports University.
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Ray Bloomer, director of education for the National Center on Accessibility at Indiana University, describes the settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and International Spy Museum as a "wake-up call" to other museums about the importance of making their exhibits and facilities accessible to people with disabilities.
A Bloomington man who died last year at age 100, never married or had children, lived simply and supported himself by caring for other people's lawns and property has left his entire $650,000 estate to IU's Hilltop Garden and Nature Center. A 1968 photo of a girl proudly holding a giant zucchini inspired the idea.
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