Health

Coed college housing connected to frequent binge drinking

A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housing.

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First endowed professorship established at BYU College of Nursing

A new BYU College of Nursing Professorship, sponsored by the Mary Ellen Edmunds Nursing Endowment for the Healer’s Art, was recently announced by Dean Beth V. Cole. Lynn C. Callister is the first recipient of the professorship, which honors faculty for excellence in scholarship and student mentoring.

Michael D. Barnes new chair of BYU Department of Health Science

Dean Rodney J. Brown has appointed Michael D. Barnes as chair of the Department of Health Science in the College of Life Sciences.