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DPT faculty members Deborah Stetts and Gray Carpenter partnered with DPT alumni Adam Autry and Mike Bourassa on a poster than has been accepted to the 2011 APTA national conference.

Thirty-nine candidates in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 12, 2010, in an afternoon ceremony that featured an address from the creator of Evidence in Motion, a highly regarded education and business practice consultation company within the physical therapy profession.

The Office of Graduate Admissions has launched a new Web site designed to showcase the benefits of an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ graduate education and to simplify the admissions process for prospective students.

On November 5-6 over 20 physical therapy faculty from universities across the nation attended the University of Southern California's Evidence-Based Practice Institute for Physical Therapy Faculty, hosted by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Department of Physical Therapy Education.

Charity Johansson, a professor of physical therapy, was interviewed for the October issue of the children's science publication Odyssey Magazine regarding the therapeutic benefits of magic.

Janet M. Cope, Ph.D., OTR/L, associate professor of physical therapy, and Stewart Holt, Ph.D., molecular biology, have published an article in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education with Erin Sanders G'09, and third-year DPT students Laura Corriher and Davis Templeton.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ physical therapy alumna Blake Russell was featured in the Oct. 31 edition of The New York Times in a story about balancing motherhood with distance running.

WFMY News 2 covered ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ DPT students as they worked with elementary school children on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

The Journal of Student Physical Therapy Research (JSPTR) recently published Volume 3, Issue #1. The current issue features five original student articles submitted from various institutions (ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, University of South Carolina, The Sages College, and the University of Sciences in Philadelphia).

Department of Physical Therapy Education (DPTE) faculty, staff and students visited Burlington Day School in Alamance County to talk with students about the structure and function of bone tissue, and how to avoid bone damage as a result of overloaded backpacks.