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Building Healthy Families: Kate Heelan using $2.5M grant to keep focus on kids

April 14, 2020 by gottulatm

View New Frontiers Research Magazine By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON Dr. Kate Heelan grew up eating right and staying active, became a high school athlete and earned a college soccer scholarship. When her own children started school, though, she realized why so many people have trouble staying healthy. “I saw my daughter, who’s very smart, being fed everywhere she went. She would get A's, she would get perfect attendance, and every reward she was given was a food reward,” … [Read more...] about Building Healthy Families: Kate Heelan using $2.5M grant to keep focus on kids

Filed Under: 2020, College of Education, News Tagged With: Building Healthy Families, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Fitness, Kate Heelan, New Frontiers, Nutrition, research, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK, Walking School Bus

Enhanced cleaning, disinfecting part of plan to protect campus against coronavirus

March 19, 2020 by Tyler Ellyson

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KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney Facilities Management and Planning continues to take proactive measures to protect campus against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This includes enhanced cleaning and sanitizing of all campus buildings, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Two Rivers Public Health Department. To further protect UNK students and employees, custodial staff increased the use of disinfectants in … [Read more...] about Enhanced cleaning, disinfecting part of plan to protect campus against coronavirus

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, Environmental Protection Agency, Facilities Management and Planning, Kearney, Two Rivers Public Health Department, UNK

UNK limiting event sizes through spring semester

March 17, 2020 by Tyler Ellyson

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KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced today new event restrictions to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These restrictions take effect Friday and continue through the end of the spring semester (May 8). All UNK-sponsored events, both on and off campus, that involve more than 10 people will be postponed or canceled. UNK is also canceling all events hosted for outside groups that involve more than 10 attendees, and no new … [Read more...] about UNK limiting event sizes through spring semester

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Athletics, Business & Technology, Career, College of Education, Faculty, Frank Museum, News, Student Life Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, Kearney, Pete Ricketts, UNK

UNK, UNMC $2.5M grant aims to reduce childhood obesity

April 17, 2019 by gottulatm

UNK and UNMC are collaborating on a five-year project supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that will address childhood obesity in rural communities. Members of the research team are, from left, Nancy Foster, Kaiti George, Tzeyu Michaud, Jennie Hill, Kate Heelan, Todd Bartee, Paul Estabrooks and Bryce Abbey. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY - Researchers at the University of Nebraska will use $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a collaboration aimed at reducing childhood obesity in rural communities. The grant funding, awarded to Kate Heelan at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Jennie Hill at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is part of a five-year CDC initiative aimed at reducing obesity rates among … [Read more...] about UNK, UNMC $2.5M grant aims to reduce childhood obesity

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: Building Healthy Families, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Grant, Jennie Hill, Kate Heelan, UNK, UNMC

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