Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge visited BYU to teach students about how sleeping more than seven hours can add five years to your life, and regularly sleeping less increases your risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

BYU professor Matt Seeley created the Strong Youth Project after watching all five of his children participate in youth sports. While he loves the many invaluable benefits of youth sports, he laments that his children often miss family activities for practice or face pressures to compete in sports during the offseason. These concerns have fueled his collaboration with professors from disciplines across BYU’s campus to improve organized sport experiences for youth, parents and coaches.

Dr. Maurine Cobabe encouraged attendees of the annual Women in Life Sciences dinner to be intentional and diligent in their chosen paths, while being open to help from those around them.