January 22, 2020
Ball State University's online MBA and master's in nursing programs have been ranked among the top 20 in the country in the 2020 Best Online Programs Rankings released on Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.
January 8, 2020
Exercising throughout a woman’s life may help preserve muscle power during the aging process, according to recent research. The study, the first to examine the effects of lifelong aerobic exercise on a woman’s muscles as she ages, is published in the Journal of Applied Physiology and was chosen as an APSselect article for January.
December 11, 2019
Regular exercise over a lifetime may help mitigate the impact of aging on the human body by keeping chronic inflammation at bay, says a new study from Ball State University.
December 4, 2019
“A lot of studies, probably thousands, show that higher circulating inflammatory factors in people are associated with greater loss of muscle mass,” says Todd Trappe, a professor of exercise science at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., who oversaw the new study with his brother Scott Trappe and other researchers.
November 15, 2019
If you feel tired all the time, you’re not alone. A recent study from Ball State University shows Americans are trending “sleepier.”
November 15, 2019
A recent study from by Jagdish Khubchandani Ball State University showing more than a third of parents now expect a shooting to happen at their child's school.
November 13, 2019
Workers in the law-enforcement and health-care fields in particular are “always living in hyperactivity mode,” said lead study author Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of health science at Ball State University. “They deal with a lot of health and safety of people; life and death,” he told MarketWatch. “It’s hard to unwind when you see suicide and shootings [and] bloodshed.”
June 26, 2018
Ball State University has created a master's program it says will address "urgent, statewide needs." T
March 14, 2018
Story quotes Denise Seabert, associate dean for external affairs and community engagement in health science, who waited outside for four hours Monday greeting students and handing out sharpies to help sign a large beam that will be used in the construction of the space.
February 27, 2018
Story quotes Jagdish Khubchandani, a Ball State community health professor, who says he’s developed a method to help expedite the screening process. Khubchandani developed a four-question test that successfully indicated anxiety and depression for 81% of those who actually had the issues. Note: Placement is due to a story idea developed and distributed by UMC’s media team.
September 26, 2017
Story looks at the development of the new College of Health as a result of the recent groundbreaking of the new Health Professions Building. Story also features an interview with Mitch Whaley, dean of the College of Health, from 2016. Note: WIBC-FM also posted this story. Placements are due to a story idea developed and distributed by UMC’s media team.
September 25, 2017
Story notes the latest building project in Indiana’s booming health-care landscape is a $62 million Health Professions complex at Ball State University, which will consolidate classrooms, laboratories, offices, a physical fitness center and community health clinics. Note: Placement is due to a story idea developed and distributed by UMC’s media team.
September 20, 2017
Officials at Ball State University would break ground on the $62.5 million Health Professions Building. The 167,000-square-foot facility is expected to be complete in summer 2019.