Kent McDill
BTN LiveBIG: Meet leaders of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
BTN LiveBIG: Meet leaders of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
Click here to read BTN LiveBIG's introduction of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium. The cancer centers at 12 of the schools in the Big Ten have joined forces to create the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (CRC), a collaboration on the study of cancer with an aim toward eventually finding a cure. BTN LiveBig […]
BTN LiveBIG: Conference teaming up to cure cancer
BTN LiveBIG: Conference teaming up to cure cancer
Every Big Ten school has doctors and students doing research into the causes and potential cures of cancer. Those efforts are now part of a coordinated system of research known as the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium. ?The premise of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium is to provide a unified network of high-level academic […]
BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota volunteers serving together
BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota volunteers serving together
As part of their education at the University of Minnesota, thousands of students are taught that there are important societal issues in need of their time and effort. The University of Minnesota?s Community Service-Learning Center is a collaborative effort with university professors to add a service-learning component to the educational experience of the students. For […]
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska doing out of this world research
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska doing out of this world research
If all goes according to plan, a group of University of Nebraska students will go up in a microgravity flight simulator this May to see if an astronaut can absorb a robotic capsule that can diagnose internal disease. Students from the University of Nebraska?s College of Engineering, along with students from other disciplines, have been […]
BTN LiveBIG: Meeting Minnesota's Dr. Brooks Jackson
BTN LiveBIG: Meeting Minnesota's Dr. Brooks Jackson
Dr. Brooks Jackson has rejoined the University of Minnesota to serve as the Dean of the Medical School and Vice President for Health Sciences, which has six schools in its academic health center. Jackson, who served his residency in clinical pathology at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, last served as the Director of Pathology at […]
BTN LiveBIG: The Challenge to combat cancer at Purdue
BTN LiveBIG: The Challenge to combat cancer at Purdue
On April 12, the Purdue community will hit the roads of West Lafayette to raise money for research that will someday help find effective cures and treatments for cancer. The Challenge is a 5K run/walk sponsored by the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, and it will be held on April 12 in conjunction with […]
