Join us to celebrate the new book Take Charge: Fitness at the Edge of Science and the lifelong achievements of the author and bodybuilder Clarence Bass at a symposium on the role of science in exercise prescription. Three panels led by world-renowned experts will discuss the implications of recent research on physical training. The symposium...
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A Historian at the Crossroads of History
In early September 2012, Dr. Paul Dimeo, arrived at the Stark Center on the University of Texas campus. Dimeo, a professor and sport historian from the University of Stirling in Stirling, Scotland, has been visiting UT as a Fulbright Scholar, and he has been using the archives available at the Stark Center and surrounding areas....
Basketball and American Culture: A Special Symposium featuring Bill Bradley
NBA Hall of Fame member and former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley said it best. “[Basketball] is the gift that never stops giving. The game is full of great joy and a great memory. It needs to be celebrated.” As part of the campus-wide celebration, “The Naismith Rules of Basket Ball”, Bradley spoke at the November...
Basketball great Bill Bradley to speak at UT (austin360.com preview)
Austin360.com‘s Pam LeBlanc previews our upcoming symposium on her fitness blog: Note: This preview by Pam LeBlanc is no longer available at the web address below. http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/fitcity/entries/2012/11/27/basketball_great_bill_bradley.html/?cxntfid=blogs_fit_city
Stark Institute for Olympic Studies Hosts 1968 U.S. Olympic Team Reunion
On Saturday, October 27th, more than 40 Olympians who represented the United States in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, along with spouses, friends, and family members, arrived in Austin for a special reunion weekend. The reunion was organized by the Stark Center’s Dr. Thomas Hunt, the 1968 US Olympic Team’s reunion coordinator, Tom...
