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in Bø, Norway. Roughly 90 miles southwest from Oslo, Kristi Floyd ’19 dealt with similar challenges. The PLU tennis player left her racket at home before traveling to the Bø, Telemark, campus of University College of Southeast Norway. She figured the weather wouldn’t be ideal for tennis during her fall semester away studying alpine ecology (she was right). “I’m worried about not playing for a really long time, but I’m managing to stay in shape,” she said midway through the semester. “I’ll just

Modern World - NW This course is intended to introduce students to the principles and concepts that pertain to all living organisms, with special emphasis on those topics typically encountered in everyday life, including human physiology and disease, environmental issues, and the fundamentals of genetics. Lecture and laboratory. Not intended for biology majors. (4) BIOL 116 : Introductory Ecology - NW A study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment examining concepts in

study of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. He’s looking at early detection, and at discerning differences between the results of normal aging and diseases such as Alzheiemer’s. Cullum counts his years at PLU as among the most important in his life. He met his wife of 37 years, Heike (Wilhelm) Cullum ’81, in Spanish class when they were freshmen and made lifelong friends in a supportive, fun environment. He noted that a number of professors became important role models for him. “Looking back

. Marit A. Trelstad, PLU Chair of Lutheran Studies and Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theologies at PLU Bio:  Dr. Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Her scholarly work combines feminist, process and Lutheran theologies and has focused on Christology, theological anthropology, the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she

PLU alumni—Ahmed Benkhalti ’10 and Salima Benkhalti ’15. Arturo Biblarz PLU Professor Emeritus Arturo Biblarz passed away on February 20, 2021 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 85 years-old. (Full obituary here). Arturo taught sociology at PLU from 1977-2005 and is remembered fondly by colleagues for his joy of teaching; enthusiasm for long, in-depth conversations; and love for the PLU and Tacoma communities. “Arturo taught me a great deal about sociology and about teaching

that’s virtually nonexistent. After graduation, Hunt moved on to graduate school at Durham University in England, where she earned a master’s of science after blending her PLU degrees—and her life experience—into the emerging field of paleopathology: the study of disease, health, trauma and diet in human biology in ancient societies. “I want to look at evidence of cancer in archaeological remains and add to a dataset that’s virtually nonexistent,” Hunt said. “At that point I wouldn’t have even called

, PLU Bio: Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Her scholarly work combines feminist, process and Lutheran theologies and has focused on Christology, theological anthropology, the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she published Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today (Fortress, 2006) and contributed to

, PLU Bio: Marit Trelstad is Professor of Constructive and Lutheran Theology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Her scholarly work combines feminist, process and Lutheran theologies and has focused on Christology, theological anthropology, the doctrine of God, and science and religion (including economics, geoengineering and ecology). As a contributor and editor, she published Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today (Fortress, 2006) and contributed to

global health ideology, more broadly, and who is (the) subject to (and of) resilience frameworks. Bio: Adia Benton is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University and author of HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone (Minnesota, 2015). She earned her Master’s in Public Health from Emory University and her PhD from Harvard University and is now studying public health and medical anthropology. Her book, HIV Exceptionalism, explores the treatment of AIDS as

and have questions, doesn’t meant that what I’m doing is invalid,” she said. “It was really good to know that I had a support system.” United States DALYsBoth sexes, All ages, 2015 In her research, Domini used health indicators — statistical measures used to describe the health of a population, such as life expectancy — as the basis for her research. She examined an indicator not typically found in existing research. The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a measure of overall disease burden