Department of Kinesiology

05/28/2026

EIM-OC at UMD is a Silver level campus!!

05/27/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Dean’s Outstanding Scholars!

These recipiences have excelled academically and contributed to the greater SPH community through campus activities, community service, and volunteering.

The Fraley Award is the highest undergraduate honor offered by SPH and is awarded to the senior student who most completely exemplifies the qualities of a Dean’s Outstanding Scholar.

Congratulations to our students recognized at the Celebration of Scholarships and Student Awards Ceremony!

Dean’s Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar:
🎉 Jennifer Duru
🎉 Christopher (CJ) Creamer
🎉 Julia Walz

Dean’s Senior Scholar:
🎉 Hannah Krinsky
🎉 Gianna Lynch
🎉 Erin Tebbe**

Fraley Award:
🎉 Rend Nayfeh

**Additional congratulations to Erin Tebbe for being selected as our department’s American Kinesiology Association undergraduate scholar!

05/23/2026

KNES faculty making a difference!

How much of HERstory is reflected in the HIStory of exercise science and sports medicine?

A new Special Communication in the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine reviews 55 years of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise publications to examine the representation of female research participants and female manuscript authors. After reviewing 10,371 articles published from 1969–2023, the authors found that female individuals accounted for 44% of research participants and 28% of all authors across the journal’s history.

These findings highlight longstanding disparities while offering important data that can help inform future journal policy and practice aimed at addressing the underrepresentation of both female participants and female authors.

Read the full article: https://okt.to/dSONuv

05/21/2026

Celebrating commencement is so much more fun with friends.

05/18/2026

FYI!!

Due to the forecast for severe weather on May 20, the main Commencement ceremony will move to its planned alternative date on Thursday, May 21, 2026. This change does not affect individual school and college ceremonies.

We understand that this change may be disruptive, but know that we have made this decision to prioritize safety and to provide the best possible experience for graduates and guests.

More information and the ceremony live stream will be available at commencement.umd.edu. We look forward to celebrating our Terrapin graduates!

05/18/2026

All work and no play? Couldn’t be us.

In celebration of the last day of class, we hosted our 2nd annual Faculty v. Student Games with our activity courses KNES186: Basketball and KNES182: Soccer. The scoreboard may have said students won, but with all players bringing energy, laughs, and great sportsmanship to the courts, we were all winners that day!

05/14/2026

We’re excited for these soon-to-be grads as they continue to explore physiology, exercise science, and human performance in their graduate studies! 🫀🫁💪

Please join us in congratulating:

🎉 Gianna Lynch - pursuing her PhD in Kinesiology & Applied Physiology at Rutgers University
🎉 Mitchell Lloyd - pursuing his MS in Exercise Science at the Universitt of South Carolina
🎉 James Benbow - pursuing his MS in Health and Human Peformance at Salisbury University

05/11/2026

With our interdisciplinary coursework and variety of experiences available across campus, KNES Terps can land in unexpected places…like law school! ⚖️

Madison, ‘23, once aspired to become an athletic trainer, but after discovering her passion for advocacy through a fellowship, she pivoted to pursuing her Juris Doctor.

Checkout how her undergrad experience as a intern has transferred to helping her as a second year law student!

05/04/2026

We’re ready for round two of Undergraduate Honors presentations!

📍 SPH 2236
🗓️ Friday, May 8th
⏰ 11:30 AM - 2:35 PM

All are welcome to attend!