J.D. Swanson, an assistant professor of Biology, last weekend conducted an eight-hour seminar on Shotokan Karate at The Pennsylvania State University. Participants included around 100 students from a variety of area universities, including Penn State, Penn College of Technology, Lycomming College, Cornell University, and Bucknell University. Swanson is the Southern Regional Director of the International Shotokan Karate Federation, and also teaches free group exercise classes in Shotokan Karate for UCA students and faculty at the HPER center.
David Dussourd in the Department of Biology recently attended the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Chemical Ecology in Tsukuba, Japan. Dussourd co-organized with a Japanese scientist a symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions and delivered a presentation entitled, “Behavioral sabotage of plant defense: Chemical releasers of trenching by insect herbivores.”
J. David Taylor, PhD, PT, CSCS, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, recently completed a study titled “The Impact of Electronic Mail Versus Print Delivery of an Exercise Program on Muscular Strength and Aerobic Capacity in People with Type 2 Diabetes.” The study has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.