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Michael A. McRobbie, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at IU Bloomington, speaks with Patrick O'Meara about IU and the classroom of the future. (This clip requires Real Player or Windows Media Player.)
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Bragging Rights with Peggy Klaus!
Oct. 3, 7 p.m., The Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington -- Recently featured on the NBC "Today Show," Peggy Klaus, a nationally recognized communications specialist will present an exciting hands-on, interactive program designed to help individuals market their strengths and embrace their skills with confidence in the work place, career search and in life. This event is free and also open to the public. A book sale and signing featuring Peggy's book: Brag! How to Toot Your Own Horn without Blowing It will be followed by a networking reception in the University Club after the program.
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Marty Siegel, "Movement Warrior"
Pictured to the left is Marty Siegel, executive associate dean of IU's School of Informatics, with his "life coach," Carol Kennedy, at her fitness-themed bachelorette party. Siegel turned to Kennedy, a faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology, when he felt his health was slipping out of his control. In this first-person account, Siegel tells how she helped him make positive lifestyle changes that he now shares with his family and friends. A key component of his transformation was incorporating more walking into every day -- even taking work-related meetings to the street. "Movement is a life-long activity, not a quick fix," he said. "Look for opportunities to walk. They're everywhere."
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Sitting on the bench? Have an eye exam. Indiana University Professor of Optometry Steve Hitzeman has seen a consistent pattern when conducting vision evaluations on sports teams: "I can usually pick out the best athlete without ever seeing the team play. The best athlete is almost always the one with the best vision." Hitzeman, who works with IU athletic teams and the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics, said that vision becomes a limiting factor in sports performance after adolescence.
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Physical activity after a high-fat meal not only reverses the arterial dysfunction caused by fatty foods but improves the function of these same arteries compared to before the meal, according to new research from Indiana University. "What happens four hours after that high-fat meal is that your artery looks just like the arteries of a person who has heart disease," said researcher Janet P. Wallace, professor in IU Bloomington's Department of Kinesiology. "What our study showed is that when you exercise after that meal, it doesn't look like a sick artery anymore."
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Everyday around-the-house activities such as housecleaning, yard work and washing the car have been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people with hypertension and prehypertension, Indiana University researchers have found. The study by Janet P. Wallace, professor in IU Bloomington's Department of Kinesiology, and doctoral students Jaume Padilla and Saejong Park, found that regardless of intensity, four hours of accumulated daily "lifestyle physical activity" had the effect of dropping study participants' blood pressure by a category -- from hypertensive to prehypertensive and from prehypertensive to normal -- for an average of eight and six hours, respectively.
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Two years after starting a walking group with co-workers, Brenda Earl has lost 30 pounds. Earl, a receptionist for the IUPUI Career Center, says she began walking with co-workers after registering for the 2005 IUPUI Walking Challenge. A year later, Earl and her co-workers are still walking together--proving that group walking is a great way to stay motivated and active.
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Blogger Lesa Lorenzen-Huber tries to capitalize on recent research by using activities of daily living (walking, gardening) to stay fit. She finds it's not so easy to let go of the "feeling of having worked out."
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Follow this link to the previous issue of Active for Life, featuring Monica Ullmann's admonition to "get moving" and articles about strength training and Boomers, physical activity and high blood pressure, tips for making friends, the effect vigorous physical activity can have on aging and blogger Elisabeth Andrews' discovery during a romp in London.
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Indiana University is seeking its 18th president. Adam W. Herbert has announced his desire to leave office no later than July 31, 2008, and the Board of Trustees is embarking upon a national search to identify the most outstanding and qualified candidates for the presidency. Trustees will be seeking a person of high intellectual distinction, with proven qualities of leadership, a devotion to excellence in education and research, a capacity to guide a complex institution through a time of significant change, and a dedication to the ideals and values central to a community of learning.
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