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Aubrey Johnson

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EXSC Honored Graduate: Anne Shull's Journey of Self-Discovery

By Aubrey Johnson
April 22, 2024
Anne Shull used to stress about getting everything done perfectly. As professors guided her to reframe her college expectations, she started taking better care of her body and spirit.
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PWS Honored Graduate: Alexandra Olson and The Humbling Power of Nature

By Aubrey Johnson
April 19, 2024
After years of passionate study, Alexandra Olson was awestruck by the fjords and volcanoes she saw abroad. Her love for the planet intensified, and she rededicated herself to conservation.
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Breaking Down Genetics to Build Humanity: Kate Jaggi

By Aubrey Johnson
April 18, 2024
Kate Jaggi made a discovery she never imagined and it ignited a fire in her to continue conducting plant genetics research.
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Dissection, Dancing, and Deity: Annie Smedley

By Aubrey Johnson
April 10, 2024
Annie Smedley is closing out her master's degree with a jeté. Her hard-won skill to ask better questions helped her note a pattern in a literature review, which evolved into an interdisciplinary project studying ballet dancers and their injuries.
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Taking Public Health Out of The Classroom: Oluwadamilola Obalana

By Aubrey Johnson
April 10, 2024
Oluwandamilola Obalana was on track to be a medical professional—until she realized she wanted to prevent people from getting sick instead of treating them. Now she researches maternal and child health and leads on the Utah Society for Public Health Education Board.
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Dr. Jeffery Schachterle: Fieldwork First

By Aubrey Johnson
December 08, 2023
Meet Dr. Jeffrey Schachterle, a new assistant professor of microbiology & molecular biology researching plant pathology.
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Impact Magazine

50 Years of Teaching Evolution at BYU

By Aubrey Johnson
July 26, 2023
Teaching evolution at BYU has an origin story decades in the making. Today, it acts as a testament to BYU’s commitment to search for and teach truth by integrating faith and science.
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College News - Summer 2023

By Grace Christensen
July 26, 2023
College of Life Sciences students are researching alcoholism, building the graduate student community, designing effective workouts, creating new milk packaging, stimulating crop growth in high-salt soil, and changing diets to protect the planet.
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First Life Sciences Graduate Student Council

By Aubrey Johnson
June 07, 2023
The BYU College of Life Sciences has launched its first graduate student council. The 14 students come from both PhD and master's programs and represent the college's departments and centers. Their goal is to bring graduate students together and help them build a community.
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