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UNK’s Matt Bice discussing aquaponics during Science Café

April 18, 2019 by gottulatm

Matt Bice

WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society TITLE: “Growing Health” TOPIC: UNK associate professor of exercise science Matt Bice has been working with aquaponics growing systems as a way to promote healthy lifestyles. Aquaponics are self-sufficient and have the ability to nurture and grow fish and produce year-round. These systems can be used to teach lifelong skills that indirectly promote health, and his … [Read more...] about UNK’s Matt Bice discussing aquaponics during Science Café

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: Aquaponics, Matt Bice, Science Cafe, Sigma Xi, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

Lopers working, serving McCook this summer through Rural Futures Institute Student Serviceship

May 10, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbWVBpSoTA Three University of Nebraska at Kearney students will return to McCook this summer for another round of McCook THETA camps - “Teaching Health, Exercise, Technology and Aquaponics.” Tyan Boyer of Plainview and Collin Fleecs of Sutherland kicked off the pilot of the program led by UNK professors Greg Brown and Nate Bickford last summer. This year, they will be joined by fellow exercise science major Bradley Schoch of … [Read more...] about Lopers working, serving McCook this summer through Rural Futures Institute Student Serviceship

Filed Under: College of Education, Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: Aquaponics, Bradley Schoch, Collin Fleecs, Exercise, Greg Brown, health, McCook, Nate Bickford, RFI, Rural Futures, Student Serviceship, technology, THETA Camps, Tyan Boyer, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

Greg Brown, Todd Bartee receive RFI grants for rural health, wellness projects

July 7, 2017 by admin

KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney faculty Gregory Brown and Todd Bartee have received Rural Futures Institute grants for projects addressing challenges and opportunities facing rural populations in areas of family health, wellness and health science education. They are among nine award recipients receiving almost $400,000 in grants, which engage faculty and students from across the four University of Nebraska campuses as well as Kansas University, Purdue … [Read more...] about Greg Brown, Todd Bartee receive RFI grants for rural health, wellness projects

Filed Under: College of Education, News Tagged With: Aquaponics, Grant, Greg Brown, health, RFI, Rural Futures Institute, Todd Bartee, Wellness

Bickford, Bice bringing aquaponics to Nebraska schools

April 5, 2017 by admin

UNK assistant professors Nate Bickford, left, and Matt Bice look over an aquaponics system on campus. They are teaming up to teach Nebraska middle school teachers how to integrate aquaponics into their classrooms and curriculum. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey/UNK Communications)

Growing own food helps children make healthier choices By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Two University of Nebraska at Kearney professors and their collaborators are embarking on a research project that could change the way kids think about food. Nate Bickford, assistant professor of biology, and Matt Bice, assistant professor in the Physical Activity and Wellness Laboratory, are teaming up to teach middle school teachers how to integrate aquaponics … [Read more...] about Bickford, Bice bringing aquaponics to Nebraska schools

Filed Under: College of Education, Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: agriculture, aquaculture, Aquaponics, Biology, Food, Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, Matt Bice, Nate Bickford, Nebraska Coordinating Commission, Nutrition

Nate Bickford working to improve lives in Haiti

January 12, 2017 by admin

Agriculture, health, construction training programs being established By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Nate Bickford’s father always told him to leave the world better than when you came into it. Bickford, an associate professor of biology at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, is working to do just that in a collaborative effort to improve the lives of people of Haiti. “Port Au Prince is like a big ball of yarn with all these little frayed ends. To … [Read more...] about Nate Bickford working to improve lives in Haiti

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News Tagged With: agriculture, Aquaponics, construction, Food for Health, Gregg Fripp, Haiti, health, James Goedert, Martha Goedert, Nate Bickford, University of Nebraska, UNL, Whispering Roots

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