Christina Triptow
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Life Sciences Brings Students and Mentors Together at First-Generation Student Luncheon
November 19, 2025
Students networked with mentors and learned valuable lessons from BYU alum Todd Jarvis at the College of Life Sciences' annual First Generation Luncheon.
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Illuminating Nature: Growing Student-Based Research
November 05, 2025
PWS students designed and installed a botanical garden display west of the Life Sciences Building that highlights some of the research being conducted in all four of the department's programs.
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Bean Life Science Museum Earns Prestigious Reaccreditation
August 09, 2025
The Bean Life Science Museum's AAM reaccreditation status is the highest national recognition afforded to museums in the United States.
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Touchdown: How Plant Sciences Research Is Helping BYU Football
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Gabe Mills
May 15, 2025
Passionate about both football and plant sciences, Katie Anselmi jumped at the chance to conduct research on the BYU football field, collecting data that benefits the health and wellness of the players and improves their game performance.
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Unlocking Nature’s Time Capsule
May 15, 2025
Life sciences students are linking centuries-old research to the future at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands, and helping to answer modern questions about biodiversity, climate change, and conservation.
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Painting Science into Art: Duke Rogers’s Quest for Lifelong Learning
May 15, 2025
Dr. Duke Rogers finds joy in interweaving his two passions: science and art. Both fields have helped him lead a life full of curiosity, lifelong learning, and discovery.
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Buzzing Toward Food Security: Tyler Lenning’s Team Wins First Place at SIOY
March 11, 2025
PWS student Tyler Lenning and his team created an award-winning innovation that could decrease food scarcity by saving bees.
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Halio: Solving Food Insecurity One Plant at a Time
January 23, 2025
Three BYU students created an innovation that could change the future of farming as we know it.
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The College of Life Sciences’ Home: Then and Now
January 23, 2025
Former dean James P. Porter reflects on the Life Sciences Building's origin story in celebration of its 10th anniversary.
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