News: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences
![Janet Dufek](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69885_03_Main_0.jpg?itok=zXJ7LzYw)
Kids fall all the time, but bouncing back can be trickier when it happens in a hospital. Thanks to an internal grant, UNLV professor Janet Dufek has been able to collaborate with a leading children's hospital to tackle the issue.
![Kai-Yu Ho](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69748_06_Main_0.jpg?itok=rDxddvIQ)
The human knee takes a continual pounding. UNLV's Kai-Yu Ho's latest research is identifying how such "shock-loading" stress contributes to arthritis.
![Brach Poston](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D69976_20_0.jpg?itok=s7bxmAjy)
This new professor is a heavy lifter in terms of neurophysiology research and Olympic-style competition.
![Janet S. Dufek](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Dufek_Denny_River_main_0_0.jpg?itok=IaFig0NJ)
Declaring a major is a really tough decision for many new students. Here's some advice from one UNLV professor who had a tough time making that choice herself.
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From family fun activities to health and legal workshops, UNLV offers a number of free resources to the community.
![John Mercer](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/d68300_27-mercer_0.jpg?itok=sQev7BTU)
They won’t firm your bottom but they can help you get fit.
![James Navalta](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/main_D68739_05_0_0.jpg?itok=0p9GwAsV)
Alumnus brings his expertise in exercise physiology back as a professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences. The avid runner talks about exercise, your immune system, and his own bad eating habits.
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To perform like an Olympian, you have to think like one. Kinesiology professor Gabriele Wulf explains how to change your thoughts to boost your results.
![Crowd of Commencement graduates](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/OG_main_D68422_46_0.jpg?itok=ljcrldqh)
Nine students, including a mother of two who after years of working as a dental hygienist received her dental degree and became class valedictorian, are being honored as spring 2012 Outstanding Graduates.
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UNLV employees recently were honored at the 2012 Academic Recognition Ceremony with systemwide and universitywide awards for notable research, teaching, and service.
![A park](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/parks_0.jpg?itok=kHuQ1Pc6)
Program managers in Clark County can better use free and easily accessible parks for healthy living initiatives.
![UNLV student Juan Ramirez](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/127096_0.jpg?itok=siIZyvX2)
UNLV student outreach effort hopes to head off adult obesity by starting with preschool education