5 tips to take care of your mental and physical health this week
Staying on top of both your physical and mental health can help you care for yourself and others during times of uncertainty. Read five strategies to stay healthy this week. (More)
Health & Wellness
Mental health resources for students, faculty and staff
There are resources available to all UCCS students, faculty and staff that can help support good mental health during this challenging time. (More)
Workers engaged in high intensity exercise in hot environments at greater risk of cardiovascular collapse following a hemorrhagic insult
Six researchers at UCCS found that individuals performing high intensity exercise whilst working in high risk of injury and hot environments are likely at greater risk of impending cardiovascular collapse following a hemorrhagic insult in a new study published in Experimental Physiology. (More)
Reeve Foundation grant to support athletes with physical disabilities at Hybl Center
A grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation will support training and fitness equipment for the Center for Athletes and Active Individuals with Physical Disabilities in the William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center. (More)
For 78 nursing students, white coat ceremony symbolizes start of careers
With the oath to patient care and the presentation of their white coats, 78 nursing students took the symbolic step to start their paths to careers in compassionate patient care during the White Coat Ceremony Jan. 27 in Berger Hall. (More)
Regents approve bachelor’s degree in human physiology and nutrition
A new bachelor’s degree designed to prepare students for careers as health professionals earned approval from the University of Colorado Board of Regents. (More)
Prue-Owens appointed to UCHealth Memorial Term Chair
Kathy Prue-Owens, assistant professor of nursing, will advance the implementation of evidence-based practices in local hospitals as the first UCHealth Memorial Term Chair. (More)
UCCS hosts first El Paso County Suicide Prevention Conference
A crowd of 500 filled the Gallogly Events Center on Friday, Jan. 17 for the first El Paso County Suicide Prevention Conference with one topic in mind: reducing the number of deaths by suicide in El Paso County by 20% in the next five years. (More)
Sustainable agriculture leader to keynote Jan. 18 Grain School Public Forum
Fred Kirschenmann, distinguished fellow at Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, will present his keynote address “The Staff of Life and the Ethics of Eating” during the free public forum of the 2020 UCCS Grain School Jan. 18. (More)
UCCS to host first county-wide suicide prevention conference Jan. 17
Mental health professionals from across the county will gather on campus for the first El Paso County Suicide Prevention Conference: A Call to Action, from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Jan. 17 at the Gallogly Events Center. (More)