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Celebrating Women in Science: Earlene Durrant

By Grace McGregor
May 18, 2023
Earlene Durrant was hired as BYU’s first female athletic trainer in 1972. With little to no funding for the women’s athletic training program 50 years ago, Durrant molded her resource scraps into over thirty courses and two Hall of Fame inductions.
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College News - Spring 2021

By Sydney Springer
July 26, 2022
News From Our Life Sciences Departments
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Celebrating Women In Science: Margaret Liu

By Grace McGregor
July 26, 2022
Margaret Liu grew up with a determined mother who shaped her into a tenacious scientist. Liu’s mother faced racial prejudice as a Chinese immigrant, so she encouraged her children to work hard in school and provided them with music lessons to ensure unique opportunities. She would often tell Liu, “To whom much is given, much is expected,” reminding her that she was held to a high standard.
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Using high intensity interval training to overcome obstacles to exercise

By Grace McGregor
January 12, 2022
There are many obstacles that keep us from working out regularly. Three common hindrances include finding a suitable program, lacking time, and craving results. Exercise Sciences professor Jayson Gifford’s research lab is scientifically addressing these obstacles. Gifford proposes High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) as a solution to these three most common obstacles.
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Najla Al-Sonboli, World Health Assembly's Heroine of Health

By Grace McGregor
September 01, 2021
Women in Science: Al-Sonboli was a pediatrician in Yemen who continued to care for the children while the hospital was under fire during rocket attacks.
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Three ways to improve your understanding of how environmental justice affects your community

By Grace McGregor
June 24, 2021
Environmental justice addresses two things: sharing of benefits and proportional distribution of consequences related to environmental degradation. Plant and Wildlife Sciences professor Ben Abbott shares three ways to improve your understanding on how environmental justice affects you and your community.
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How to reduce human-caused environmental changes

By Grace McGregor
June 17, 2021
Human impact makes the environment less able to sustain life due to “human-induced rapid environmental changes.” There is no way to escape the effect we have, but there are ways to lessen it in order to protect the beauty of Earth and the many species that inhabit it.
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Why your spinal health and body composition will compel you to run

By Grace McGregor
May 06, 2021
In addition to the well-known benefits, long-distance running has positive effects on your spine and body composition. Exercise Sciences Professor Ulrike Mitchell shares findings from her research to explain the less well-known effects of endurance running.
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Tips to survive a bear encounter

By Grace McGregor
May 05, 2021
As people are drawn to the great outdoors, encountering one of nature’s formidable creatures is a possibility. Knowing how to respond to a bear encounter can save a life. Tom Smith, plant and wildlife sciences professor and former national parks research biologist, has studied North American bears for decades and offers advice on what to do to avoid and survive encounters.
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