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How Much to Eat at the Movies
Boston University Nutrition Professor Joan Salge Blake demonstrates why small portions will always do the trick.
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Why Human Physical Activity Has Decreased Over the Years
Boston University Nutrition Professor Joan Salge Blake discusses how technological advances have decreased the number of calories a person burns on a daily basis.
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Pandemics, Public Health, and Political Transition
Richard E. Besser, senior health and medical editor for ABC News and former acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shares the practical and political lessons he learned while managing the federal government's response [...]to the H1N1 influenza outbreak.
Hosted by Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences on October 16, 2009.
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Especially for Women: How to Get Paid What You Are Worth
Evelyn Murphy, president of the WAGE Project and a former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, addresses a female audience on gender and wage parity. Noting that women earn 23 percent less on average than their male coworkers, Murphy argues that the [...]only way for women to close the wage gap is to fight individually for fair treatment.
Hosted by Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences on October 19, 2009.
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2009 Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Commencement Address: Rebecca Onie
2009 Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Commencement Address: Rebecca Onie
Hosted by Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences on May 17, 2009.
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Donna Astion: Sargent College Convocation Speaker 2025
Donna J. Astion, MD, MPH, a graduate of the Sargent College class of 1982, and a graduate of New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine (now the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), delivered the Sargent College commencement address on May 18, [...]2025. Dr. Astion has had a successful career in orthopedics and found community and purpose at Sargent. She will address undergraduate and graduate students from the Sargent Class of 2025 earning degrees in health disciplines including health science, human physiology, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech, language & hearing sciences.
Dr. Astion completed her orthopedic residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland at Case Medical Center, a foot and ankle fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Roosevelt Hospital and holds a master’s in public health from Columbia University. As a foot and ankle specialist, Dr. Astion has served communities in New York and Connecticut, continuing her work with dancers and other athletes. She specializes in conservative treatment of the foot and ankle and serves on the Board of Trustees of a New York hospital and continues to serve on the Dean’s Advisory Board at Sargent College.
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Athletes in Motion: The Softball Pitch
As the ace pitcher and captain for the powerhouse Boston University softball team, Kasey Ricard (Sargent'26) thrives when stakes are highest. The Terrier softball team recently wrapped up the regular season with a 5-0 win against Lafayette College. [...]Now, as the No. 2 seed, the players are aiming to defend their Patriot League championship. Last year, the BU won the conference—their fifth PL title in six seasons—and advanced to the NCAA tournament.
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Corby Kummer: Sargent College Convocation Speaker 2024
Corby Kummer, executive director of food & society at the Aspen Institute, senior editor at The Atlantic, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Freidman School of Nutrition Science, delivered the Sargent College commencement address on May 19, 2024. A [...]recipient of six James Beard Journalism Awards, Kummer is one of the country’s most widely quoted experts on food justice and food culture in the United States. He is the author of The Joy of Coffee and The Pleasures of Slow Food -- the first book in English on the Slow Food movement -- and he is a featured commentator on food and food policy every week on WGBH’s Boston Public Radio.
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Sharon Ryan: Sargent College Convocation Speaker 2023
Sharon Ryan: Sargent College Convocation Speaker 2023
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