Journal Tribune covers Environmental Physiology students’ Atlantic plunge Iceland trip fundraiser

The April 2, 2013 Journal Tribune (Biddeford) ran a front-page story with photos of an April Fools Day Atlantic plunge by 51С»Æ³µEnvironmental Physiology students and faculty, along with staff from the 51С»Æ³µGlobal Education Program. The event was a fund-raiser for a class research trip to Iceland in the spring.

Lara Carlson, Ph.D., assistant professor of applied exercise science, came up with the idea of the plunge because it relates to the research the students will be conducting on their Iceland trip. The group will study how environmental stress affects the body, she told the Journal Tribune. Student Cara Fowler '14 is principal investigator for the research.

This is the second year environmental physiology students will have taken a research trip. In 2012, the class went to Colorado, where they investigated the effects of high altitude on athletic performance.

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