Spring 2018

The Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science is passionate about food, its effects on the body, and its processing and storage.

Will we show up in the geologic record in millions of years? The Anthropocene suggests the answer is yes: collective human impact on the environment will leave a definitive mark in future bedrock.

As one of fifteen recipients in the world, Dr. Fernanda Werneck was chosen for a prestigious International Rising Talent Grant from the L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science program.

Those who ask you that mean well. But the truth is that graduates of the College of Life Sciences can do a lot with their degrees. Take a look at what ten alumnae had to say about what they’ve done over the years.

It is noteworthy that our professors who are exploring ways to respond to a changing climate (their scholarship) are also guided by admonitions in the scriptures to care for the earth (their faith).

Dr. Gordon Lindsay was a teacher at heart. He left his first job teaching health to pursue a Ph.D. in health education and preventative medicine. After brief public health employment in Utah and Delaware, he served in BYU’s Department of Health Science for twenty-three years. Lindsay taught with stories, humor, and kindness; he was personable and genuine with everyone around him. Lindsay’s last lecture was on the powerful impact of public health. “[We need] public health people,” he said, “who know how to reduce [the] conditions that cause disease.” Public health advancements like sewage treatment, sanitation, and immunization have increased life expectancy on a large scale. Lindsay himself researched alcohol and tobacco abuse, policy, and industries. “I’m gonna miss it big time,” says Lindsay about his career, “but I am so looking forward to the next chapter in my life.” He’s returned to southern Germany, where he served his mission, to serve in the Freiberg Germany Temple with his wife, Kathleen. As family oriented as ever, he says, “When we come back, I’m going to canoe for the rest of my life with my grandkids.”