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Congratulations to the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten honors this fall.

Congratulations to the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten honors this fall. To be eligible to receive the Academic All-Big Ten designation, student-athletes must be enrolled full-time at their university for a minimum of...

The joint program between the School of Nursing and the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences encourages kids to interact with seniors in both programs during activities and presentations geared toward health education at the Nursing Center for Family Health in Lyles-Porter Hall. The main goals of the Curiosity Clinic are to give the Purdue students experience interacting with healthy children, something many internships do not provide because they often focus on adult patients or sick children, and to teach the College of Health and Human Sciences students how to adapt health education topics to the pediatric population — sometimes changing those messages on the fly as the kids ask questions.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Ask a first grader what they want to be when they grow up, and you might get teacher, astronaut or police officer. What does Sarah Kiger’s first grader, Charlie, want to be? “He tells us...

Dan Foti, professor in the Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences, has researched the brain’s reaction to such positive visual stimuli. The mood elevation from seeing your beloved pet may seem immediate, but it takes precious milliseconds for the information to be processed, no matter how cute the photo is.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Spilled coffee on your khakis, check engine light blaring bright, laptop possessed by a digital demon again. But then your phone buzzes. It’s a picture sent by your spouse of your beloved family dog doing...

From sugars to proteins to fats, the foods people use to fuel their bodies have a direct impact on their health. To help individuals make the healthiest choices, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which included Heather Eicher-Miller, professor in the Purdue University Department of Nutrition Science, recently released its scientific report to inform the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-30. The guidelines will be released in late 2025 by the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture. 

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  From sugars to proteins to fats, the foods people use to fuel their bodies have a direct impact on their health. To help individuals make the healthiest choices, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which...

Randy Hubach, professor and head of the Purdue University Department of Public Health, is part of the study “A Triad Approach Towards Improved Diagnostics for Maternal and Congenital Syphilis.” He and his team were awarded about $500,000 of the $2.4 million for this work.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu With syphilis cases soaring 80% in adults and an astounding 183% in congenital cases — when a pregnant person passes syphilis to their baby during pregnancy or childbirth — from the years 2018-22, the National...

Laura Claxton, associate professor of health and kinesiology, has been examining fall recovery in walking toddlers for years. The latest study focused on 39 13-month-olds from the Greater Lafayette community carrying one object as they navigate a padded, colorful play area within her lab.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu You’re walking along and you must see what Bob had for lunch. You open Instagram while strolling and suddenly the ground comes out from under you. Do you let that iPhone 15 fly, or do...