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Penn's 2013 Home Football Game Times Announced
Exactly 100 days from now, the University of Pennsylvania football team will begin another Ivy title defense.

New recreation center and pool to open this fall at Stanford
At the new center on Santa Teresa Street, faculty, students and staff will find basketball, volleyball and badminton courts, rooms for yoga, dance and weight training, and the 50-meter, outdoor Avery Recreation Pool.

Convocation 2013: five U of’T athletes to watch
Keeping up with the demands of university academics while participating in high performance sports may sound daunting—but for many student-athletes, it's an experience of a lifetime.

Royal Navy Officer Becomes Journalist
Aboard the frigate HMS Argyll, Christopher Harress (JRN'13) reported on humanitarian efforts in Sierra Leone and two major drug busts in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nursing Graduate Well Schooled in Cancer Care
Alfredo Axtmayer II will have a unique perspective to share with his patients when he becomes a nurse practitioner with a specialty in oncology.

TEDxStanford highlights breakthroughs in research and creativity, Stanford-style
Saturday's TEDxStanford featured awe-inspiring ideas and displays of creativity. Among them: a presentation about a solar house that "teaches" its inhabitants, a hip-hop dance that smashes Asian stereotypes and a talk about Stanford's model football program.

University of Minnesota and Minnesota Vikings reach agreement on use of TCF Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/09/2013) —The University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Vikings have agreed to terms on a Facility Use Agreement that allows the Vikings to use TCF Bank Stadium for the 2014 and 2015 NFL seasons.

UTSC welcomes Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s new year-round training academy
After winning Gold in London last year, Canada intends to continue its wheelchair basketball domination, opening a revolutionary training academy to recruit and train elite athletes for the men's and women's teams at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC).

Halftime Heroes
During a recent home game, members of the UC San Diego men's and women's basketball teams shared high-fives and smiles with a group of newfound young fans who aspire to one day grow up and be just like them.

Campbell Sports Center Designed as Home for Athletics and Academics
The New York Times has called Columbia's new Campbell Sports Center a building that shows both its “brains and its brawn,” which makes perfect sense for a facility meant to support the University's athletic and academic excellence.

Neuroscientists present new guidelines for sports concussions
More than 1 million young and adult athletes in the U.S. suffer concussions each year. Until now, no consistent standards existed to guide coaches and physicians in evaluating and treating sports-related brain injuries. Today, the American Academy of Neurology released its first updated guidelines since 1997 for managing athletes with head injuries.

Women’s hockey finals pit gold medal Olympic teammates against each other
Former Olympic teammates will compete against each other this weekend when the University of Toronto hosts the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) women's hockey championships.

For Fun and for Pride, Penn’s College House Intramural Athletes Vie for the Housman Trophy

Bernard Muir holds court on varsity sports at Faculty Senate meeting
Stanford Report, February 8, 2013 The senate yesterday heard presentations from Bernard Muir, director of athletics, and Tom Wasow, linguistics professor and chair of the Committee on Committees.

Harry Press, Stanford alum, former staffer and newspaperman, dies at 93
Stanford Report, February 8, 2013 Press was the managing director of the Professional Journalism Fellowships and the Knight Fellowships Program at Stanford and served as founding editor of the alumni newspaper, The Stanford Observer .

Stanford classics professor debunks image of the ’noble’ ancient athlete
Stanford Report, February 1, 2013 Classics scholar Susan Stephens says that modern sports may be misguided in attempting to emulate ancient Greek and Roman athletic ideals.

Penn Alum Hopes to Work Himself Out of a Job at CTC Ten Soccer Program in South Africa
If 2012 University of Pennsylvania grad Mathew Bernstein does his job right, he thinks his position could be eliminated.

UAlberta physical therapist named to Order of Canada
The University of Alberta's David Magee has enjoyed his share of accolades during a remarkable career in physical therapy, including three Stanley Cup rings, a Grey Cup ring and a namesake endowed chair at the U of A. He can now add membership in the Order of Canada to the list.