Northern Michigan University second-year graduate students in exercise science will host a seminar series to present their research. The talks will take place at 6:15 p.m. Mondays, March 7 through April 18, in the PEIF room 241. Students and their topics are:

March 7: Isaac Wedig, "Ideal Protein Consumption for Maximal Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy";

March 14: Rachel Farr, "Balance Training to Improve on Ice Skating Agility"; 

March 21: Nicole Cornell, "Concussions in the Pediatric Population," followed at 7:15 p.m. by Kalyan Kondeti, "Rock Climbing Associated Injuries"; 

March 28: Andrew Jones, "Muscle Physiology and Microgravity"; 

April 4: Brian Cooper, "Physiology of Ice Hockey," followed at 7:15 p.m. by Jon Slattery, "Response to CrossFit Programming"; 

April 11: Karmen Whitham, "The Physiology of Cross Country Skiing-Upper Body Consideration"; and 

April 18: Andrew Ernst, "Effect of Stretching on Performance Measures." 

For more information contact Phil Watts at 227-1143 or pwatts@nmu.edu.