All Campus Members Needed for Exercise Is Medicine Study

All students, faculty, and staff are needed for a short 2-minute study of physical activity on campus.  The Exercise is Medicine-On Campus program is in Year Eight! We are recruiting University of Arkansas students, faculty, and staff (age 18 or older) of all sizes, abilities, and fitness levels. The study will include completing a new…

Recess team Schedule

September 2025 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2Morning Tea: 10:30-11 3 4 5Morning Tea: 10:30-11 8 9Morning Tea: 10:30-11 10 11 12Morning Tea: 10:30-11 15 16Morning Tea: 10:30-11 17 18 19Morning Tea: 10:30-11 22 23Morning Tea: 10:30-11 24 25 26Morning Tea: 10:30-11 29 30 What is Morning Tea? Having a challenge this week? Don’t know…

Take the Exercise is Medicine Year Seven Survey

People jump rope at the 2019 Exercise is Medicine Fall Field Day.

All students, faculty and staff needed for a short one- to two-minute study of physical activity on campus.  The Exercise is Medicine–On Campus program is in year seven! We are recruiting U of A students, faculty and staff (age 18 or older) of all sizes, abilities and fitness levels. The study will include completing a…

Renowned Leaders in Exercise Science to Present in WE CARE Speaker Series

Poster for 2024 Exercise Is Medicine symposium

Two former American College of Sports Medicine presidents will speak on campus as part of the College of Education and Health Professions‘ WE CARE Speaker Series. Barry A. Franklin and Elizabeth A. Joy, two world-renowned fellows of the ACSM, will speak at a special symposium titled “Exercise is Medicine: Translating Science to Action” at 6 p.m. Oct….

U of A Program Awarded Gold Status by American College of Sports Medicine

Exercise is Medicine founder Bob Sallis, U of A associate professor of exercise science Erin Howie Hickey and Exercise is Medicine co-director Neil Peterson

Since 2018, Exercise is Medicine On Campus at the U of A has worked diligently to educate students, faculty and staff about the many health benefits of physical activity. The organization, which operates within the College of Education and Health Professions, was recently awarded “Gold Status” by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the highest honor awarded to…

Howie Hickey Receives 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Erin Kaye Howie Hickey, an associate professor in the College of Education and Health Professions‘ Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, has been selected as a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholar for Australia. Fulbright fellowships, distributed by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program, provide awardees with opportunities to teach and conduct research abroad while…