<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-07/06-connecting-sports-and-science.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>School of Health Professions</categories><pubDate>10/07/2025 03:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>From Locker Room to Lab: Connecting Sports and Science</title><sub-title/><description>The Office for Institutional Equity launched the fourth cohort of the Brooklyn Scholar-Athletes with Academic Goals (BK-SWAG) program, a four-week summer initiative established in 2021 to help high school students channel their passion for sports into careers in healthcare.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-07/_images/bk-swag-group-9183.jpg" alt="BK SWAG Group Photo"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/10-07/06-connecting-sports-and-science.xml</loc><tags><tag>BioBat</tag></tags><categories><category>School of Health Professions</category></categories></item>