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News
- Press conference to announce
enhanced efforts to prevent high-risk drinking
Dr. Seo, Bloomington City Mayor Mark Kruzan, Monroe County
Prosecutor Chris Gaal, IU Dean of Students Richard McKaig, and
Ivy Tech Chancellor John Whikehart join together and announce
initiatives to prevent drinking and driving and underage
drinking at City Hall on August 28, 2007.
- TobWell research featured on IU Living Well Tips and UPI
Drs. Seo and
Torabi’s research about physical activity was featured on
IU Living Well Tips and the
United Press International (UPI)
- Dr. Seo receives a federal grant to reduce high-risk
drinking among college students
Dr. Seo’s 2-year proposal (2007-09) to reduce high-risk drinking among
college students was funded by the U.S. Department of Education
($331,076).
According to Richard Lucey, Program Officer at the U.S. Department
of Education, Dr. Seo’s proposal received the 2nd highest points
from the grant review panel among the 128 proposals submitted.
U.S. Congressman Baron Hill said in his press release, “I applaud
Indiana University for coming up with a strategy to combat
under-age drinking and violent behavior among college students.
This is a very serious problem and one that is difficult to
address. The Department of Education made a great selection in
choosing Indiana University to receive this money."
This project will require every first-year student to complete an
interactive Web-based cognitive-behavioral skills prevention
course (Alcohol.Edu) before beginning classes; establish a cadre
of trained peers in residence halls to provide screening, brief
interventions, and normative education; develop a social norms
campaign to reinforce the cognitive and behavioral skills learned
through the online course; include communication of the
university’s alcohol policies to students and parents in
admissions materials; and perform community- and policy-level
assessment, planning, and implementation via a campus-community
coalition.
- TobWell Research Featured on IU Main Research
Website
Battle of the Bulge - Despite national attention and funding
efforts, Americans are losing the fight against weight gain. Dr.
Dong-Chul Seo's research is highlighted on IU main research website:
Research at Indiana University (Sept. - Oct. 2006).
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