UVA Health is focusing on a trend thats becoming more common in the field of business and higher education called the growth mindset. Its an approach to learning that teaches people that their circumstances dont define them, but it also encourages people to improve in whatever they do. It has long been promoted by psychologist and Stanford University Professor Carol Dweck. More recently, Dr. Milad Memari and his team of researchers at UVAs School of Medicine have published a paper on the many ways people can unleash the growth mindsets potential.
Mississippi State Unified club sport athletes hope to make this year’s Special Olympics Egg Bowl their team’s third-straight victory over their biggest rival, Ole Miss. Before this year’s gridiron showdown in Oxford on Nov. 29, the Bulldogs and Rebels will face off in Starkville for the ninth Special Olympics flag football match between the two rivals. The game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Nov. 18, at the MSU RecPlex near the Sawyer Tennis Courts on Stone Boulevard. Attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs to the event.