The Kids on Course field experience was designed by instructor Kara Kehe to extend opportunities for service learning to a sizable group of young professionals aspiring to work in school-based sport.

Each February, UI students dance for 24 hours to raise money in support of UIHC pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant patients and their families.

Originally a Tippie College of Business student, Michael Burke quickly called an audible on his academic pursuits to double major in Sport and Recreation Management (SRM) and Journalism and Mass Communications (JMC).

Undergraduate Health and Human Physiology student Michael Pyevich received an award from the American Physiological Society.

Mackenzie Berschel was awarded a 2021 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award by the American Physiological Society.

UIRSM turned its summer practicums virtual during COVID-19, letting students gain remote experience and complete fieldwork despite canceled in-person sessions.

As Leisure Studies departments at universities around the world have evolved, so has Dr. Benjamin Hunnicutt and his interests. The byproduct of Dr. Hunnicutt’s professional transformation is his recently published book, "The Age of Experiences; Harnessing Happiness to Build a New Economy."

Read more about our research on play, leisure and recreation.

Highlights Dr. Erin Talbert past education and current research

Highlights Dr. Kara Whitaker past education and current research