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Health

Single molecule biophysics sounds complicated because it is. Then again, so is cancer.
So it makes sense that one of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's molecular biophysicists would take on the most notorious challenge in medical science.

After two Category 5 hurricanes hit her home, Debra Thomas graduates with the help of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University College of Nursing Student Emergency Fund.

Debra Thomas wanted to be a nurse to help people, but she was the one who ended up in need after two hurricanes hit her home in the Caribbean.

Active Minds honors Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University with a 2018 Healthy Campus Award for fostering a culture of health and wellness for students and the entire Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State community.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s strategic focus on the health and well-being of students is receiving national recognition. Active Minds, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising mental health awareness among college students, announced Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State as a winner of the prestigious 2018 Healthy Campus Award.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University student Eli Kalil, shown here with his mom, engaged Twitter users to help his mom quit smoking.

Eli Kalil, a junior applied communications major at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, saw just how powerful the tool of social media can be when he posted an inspiring tweet involving his mother in late January.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Police Officer Anne Spahr, pictured here with K-9 Coco, was recognized as one of the 2017 Crisis Intervention Team Officers of the Year by the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County and the Portage County Police Chief’s Association.

Police officers rarely find out how victims are doing after a crisis. But Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Police Officer Anne Spahr recalls the moment when she knew she had saved a life.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s DeWeese Health Center Creates Community Garden to Foster Wellness on Campus
DeWeese Health Center created a community garden focused on growing fresh produce, learning best-practice gardening techniques and managing stress through connection with nature.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s DeWeese Health Center is on a mission to create a culture of wellness on campus that incorporates body, mind, spirit and financial well-being, as well as a sense of community.

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illustration by Melissa Olson

We’re all getting older—that is, if we’re lucky. Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State experts share their advice on how to prepare for and make the most of our golden [Flash] years.

By Lynette Lamb / Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Magazine