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02/12/2026

02/04/2026

exercise and sport scientist Wesley Cole is a football fan inside and outside his research.

Cole studies football players' brain health. His recent study examined the length of players' careers and their positions on the field. His research team found that career length and positions aren't great measurements for brain health on their own.

"This study encourages a shift toward directly measuring actual concussion history instead of relying on assumptions that certain players are at higher risk of negative outcomes than others," said Cole.

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01/12/2026

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11/20/2025

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The Matthew Gfeller Center THRIVE program featured in a College of Arts and Sciences article.

With a gift to the Transforming Health and Resilience in Veterans (THRIVE) Program, siblings Virginia “Fifi” Leachman ’09 and David Knott ’08 and their mother, Virginia Knott ’72, of the Knott Family Foundation have endowed the Knott Family THRIVE Program Bridging Ceremony.

11/20/2025

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EXSS/HMSC's PhD candidate Alison Cruise featured in a College of Arts and Sciences article.

11/18/2025

2026 EXSS Graduation Ceremony - Save the Date!
📅Friday, May 8th 2026
🕓4:00pm
📍Carmichael Arena

10/23/2025

EXSS' Dr. Shelby Baez featured in an UNC Research article.

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In her Psychology of Sport Injury Laboratory, undergraduate students can do research that helps athletes recover.