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- 1Trump administration revives presidential fitness test with $10 million programβContinuing the tradition of the Trump administration spending whatever money it wants on whatever stupid stuff it wants,
The Trump administration is reviving the presidential fitness test in schools, backed by $10 million in federal funding through a new Presidential Fitness School Innovation Challenge. Critics online are calling it a wasteful use of taxpayer money, arguing the administration spends freely on initiatives they consider unnecessary. Supporters see the return of the fitness test as a positive push for youth physical health.
- 2HHS launches $10 million challenge to revive presidential fitness testβHHS Launches $10 Million Challenge To Promote Presidential Fitness Test
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $10 million challenge to promote the presidential fitness test, the school-based physical fitness program long used to measure American children's strength and endurance. The funding competition is aimed at encouraging schools and communities to embrace fitness testing again, though details on eligibility and criteria remain limited.
- 3RFK Jr. launches national school fitness challenge with WWE starsβRFK Jr. launches school fitness challenge with WWE stars
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a school fitness challenge in partnership with WWE, aimed at encouraging American students to be more physically active. The initiative pairs the health official with professional wrestling personalities to promote exercise programs in schools. Details on funding, participation and timing were not included in the initial reports.
- 4Study links genes and physical activity to depression riskβAssociations and interactions between genetic vulnerability and physical activity with MDD in the All of Us Research Program
A study published in Nature examined how genetic vulnerability and physical activity interact in relation to major depressive disorder, using data from the All of Us Research Program, a large US biomedical database. The findings add to ongoing discussion about how lifestyle factors such as exercise may influence depression risk in people with genetic predisposition.
- 5Physics professor and former dean retires from Alabama A&M after 24 yearsβPhysics Professor, Former Dean and STEM Day Founder Retires After More Than 24 Years of Service to AAMU
A longtime physics professor at Alabama A&M University, who also served as a dean and founded the institution's STEM Day, is retiring after more than 24 years of service. The university announced the departure, highlighting the professor's dual role in academic leadership and in building STEM outreach programs aimed at drawing younger students into science and engineering fields.
- 6Harvard physicist Kiyoul Yang wins federal Young Investigator awardsβKiyoul Yang receives federal Young Investigator awards
Kiyoul Yang of Harvard University has received federal Young Investigator awards, recognition given to early-career researchers showing exceptional promise. The awards typically come with multi-year funding to support ambitious research programs. The announcement highlights Yang's standing in the physics community and the federal government's continued investment in promising young scientists.
- 7Columbia Physicist Sebastian Wins $1.35M Moore Foundation AwardβWill Labβs Sebastian Wins Columbia $1.35M Moore Foundation Award
Sebastian, a researcher with Columbia University's Will Lab, has been awarded a $1.35 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The award supports the lab's work in physics, and the announcement is drawing attention within the research community as recognition of the group's ongoing experimental program.
- 8UC Riverside physicist named Moore Foundation investigatorβUC Riverside physicist selected as an experimental physics investigator by Moore Foundation
A University of California, Riverside physicist has been selected as an experimental physics investigator by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The appointment recognizes the researcher's work in experimental physics and comes with support from the foundation's investigator program, which funds leading scientists. The announcement was shared via a research news release.