Pushing the limits of human performance
High-school students explore research that has impact
/EINPresswire.com/ -- CALGARY, AB--(Marketwired - April 25, 2016) - Come crawl into a simulated tent that will put you high on a mountain top and experience what happens when your oxygen intake drops. Lick a tasting strip that that can tell you about your genetics and what it says you about your nutrition. Improve your basketball free throw or your golf swing, and understand the effects of concussion. These are a few interactive displays that more than 500 high-school students will tour at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Kinesiology's Human Performance Lab on April 27.
Media must RSVP to Leanne Yohemas
WHAT: PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - Human Performance Lab high-school open house
WHEN: Wednesday, April 27, between 9:30 am -11:30 am.
WHERE: Kinesiology KNB 101 - Follow the posted signs to the Human Performance Lab
WHO: Researchers and high-school students
About the University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is making tremendous progress on its journey to become one of Canada's top five research universities, where research and innovative teaching go hand in hand, and where we fully engage the communities we both serve and lead. This strategy is called Eyes High, inspired by the university's Gaelic motto, which translates as 'I will lift up my eyes.'
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Leanne Yohemas
Director, Communications and Marketing
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
403.220.7652
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lmyohema@ucalgary.ca
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