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From football to basketball to baseball, Molly Spitznogle, a 2023 Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences alumna, is an avid sports fan. When the opportunity arose to enter a career with Indiana’s NFL team, the Indianapolis Colts, Spitznogle jumped at the chance. In her career in group ticket sales, Spitznogle enjoys putting together a stadium full of people creating lasting memories together.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu From football to basketball to baseball, Molly Spitznogle, a 2023 Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences alumna, is an avid sports fan. When the opportunity arose to enter a career with Indiana’s NFL...

Morgan Lee, a 2006 alumnus from the Purdue University White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM), is co-owner of  Two Vintners, a Seattle, Washington, area winery he co-founded at age 27. Lee selected the dry red, which became available on April 1, due to its bold blend of grapes grown in Columbia Valley, Washington. The wine — nicknamed “The Mall” after the Purdue Memorial Mall — pays tribute to the birthplace of Lee’s passion for vino.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Morgan Lee’s time in wine came “full-circle” this spring when his 2022 Syrah vintage was selected as the newest Boilermaker bottle for the Purdue for Life Foundation. Lee, a 2006 alumnus from the Purdue University...

The study led by A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the Purdue Department of Human Development and Family Science; her graduate student Moon West; Yungie Tong, associate professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering; and his graduate student Andrew Frels has analyzed MRI and 36-channel electroencephalogram scans of 33 adults ages 30-55 so far as they sleep. The researchers have found cerebrospinal fluid flushes cellular brain waste earlier than originally thought.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu New, potentially pioneering research in the Purdue University Sleep and Developmental Studies Laboratory is examining deep sleep’s role in “sloshing” metabolic waste from the brain. The study led by A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the...

From early spring through late fall, Jennifer Burchett, a 2012 Purdue University School of Nursing alumna and a nurse at IU Health Methodist Hospital, can be found near the track watching professional IndyCar drivers race at extremely high speeds. With these high speeds comes the potential for crashes and significant injuries and health risks, which is where Burchett and the rest of the IndyCar medical team spring into action.  

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  From early spring through late fall, Jennifer Burchett, a 2012 Purdue University School of Nursing alumna and a nurse at IU Health Methodist Hospital, can be found near the track watching professional IndyCar drivers race...

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.  

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have watched this statistic grow, as more families seek support for their children’s difficulties with producing speech sounds accurately. This includes Françoise Brosseau-Lapré, certified SLP and associate professor in the Purdue University Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, who is trying to uncover the root causes of speech sound disorder in her Child Phonology Lab within the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.  ...

Bad posture while using mobile devices can catch up with users over time, which could create tension headaches and “tech neck,” a new catch-all term for sore neck, shoulders and back when sitting improperly while using a wireless device for an extended period of time.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu You see them all over the Purdue University campus — students, staff and faculty alike all slumped over their smartphones, hunching over their tablets and craning their necks over their laptop computers. According to Craig...