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Congratulations to Assistant Professor, Dr. Jaclyn Hadfield, on receiving the American Short-Term Research Publication Grant from the American Association of University Women (AAUW)!

Her work advances research on gender health equity, focusing on cross-cultural examination of women’s relationship with exercise, body image beliefs and sociocultural factors, comparing populations in the United States and Italy.

Read more: https://www.lsu.edu/chse/news/2026/jaclyn-hadfield-receives-american-association-women-research-grant.php

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LSU Kinesiology represented BIG at LSU Discover Day 2026!

Join us in celebrating our incredible undergraduate researchers who brought energy, passion, and innovation to their presentations. Their hard work and dedication were on full display, and we couldn’t be more proud of how they represented the School of Kinesiology!

A huge shoutout to our CHSE Monetary Award winners:

🥇 1st Place: Iker Zuniga – Human Movement Science – “The Impact of Confidence: A Study on Self Confidence in Learning Chemistry and Study Habits”

🥈 2nd Place: J’Meeyah White – Physical Activity and Health – “Understanding Deeper Learning Competencies in General Chemistry Through Qualitative Analysis”

🥉 3rd Place: Irene Kaiser & Graham Mizell – Human Movement Science – “Femoral Popliteal Bypass using Prosthetic Graft in a Human Anatomical Donor”

Congratulations to all of our undergraduate researchers! 💜💛

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The graduating student survey is now open! Spring graduates have until May 31 to log in to Handshake and complete the survey. This survey helps us measure success in preparing students for life after graduation. 🐅🎓🎉

🔗CHSE graduates can complete the survey at https://bit.ly/lsu-chse-26

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