Tag: Wellness

• October 11, 2018

  Healthy minds survey improves wellness center expierence

  by Tori Takacs Following the recent partnership with the JED Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the mental health of teens and young adults, UT will conduct a study of its students. The Healthy Minds UT survey was emailed to students in their spartan emails on Monday, Oct. 8. The survey will be open […]
• September 20, 2018

  JED Foundation partners with UT: Checking up on the wellness center

  by Victoria Takacs In order to better understand and help students, UT has started working with the JED Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to protect emotional health and prevent suicide amongst teens and young adults. The partnership was solidified last spring and is the first program in Florida. UT said in a statement from a […]
• February 1, 2018

  Influenza virus is on the rise

  BY Kiana Hughes & Sarah Cirelli The current 2017-2018 flu epidemic has caused a large number of Americans to fall ill; making this year the worst flu season since 2013-2014 when H1N1 and H3N2 infected Americans, according to The New York Times. The disease has affected over 86,000 so far. In the 2014-2015 flu season, 710,000 […]
• November 9, 2017

  New mental illness app available to UT students

  By Kiana Hughes After three students observed the impact of mental illness on UT’s campus, they have joined their cybersecurity professor to begin designing an interactive app for UT students struggling with the symptoms of mental illness. Aman Shah, sophomore cybersecurity major and one of the researchers for the app, shares a story about his […]
• April 29, 2016

  Self Love Comes in Every Size

  By Faith Ponti It’s my senior year of high school. I’m staring at my naked body in the mirror.  Lights on, clothes off. No curve hidden, no wrinkle smoothed. My face is a little burnt from the hot sun, and there are dark circles under my eyes. My hair is down, a little greasy, and […]