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Connecting the Dots: How the Sloan Lab Maps Health Disparities

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
February 18, 2025
Dr. Chantel Sloan combines her passion for mapping data with her epidemiology skills as a professor in the Department of Public Health.
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Crabs: A Window into Marine Life for Dr. Blaine Griffen’s Lab

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
February 14, 2025
Blaine Griffen and his students are conducting research on invasive crabs to understand their environmental impact.
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Beyond the Diagnosis: BYU Study Reveals Daily Challenges of PCOS

Gillian Garmon
By Gillian Garmon
February 13, 2025
Kaity Ward and her team of researchers share a raw and unfiltered look into the daily struggles of women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
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Bugged No More: Scientists Work to Eliminate Vector-Borne Diseases in Insects

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
February 05, 2025
Dr. Sandra Hope and her team are conducting interdisciplinary research to mitigate the spread of diseases like malaria that are transmitted by mosquitoes.
2 Min Read
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BYU Range Management Team Secures Top Honors at Competition

By Keira Dooley
January 31, 2025
BYU’s Range Management team took first place in the 2024 Undergraduate Range Management Exam and Plant Identification Contest at the Utah Society for Range Management meeting.
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Forging a Path Toward Early Alzheimer’s Detection

By Erin Saito
January 29, 2025
BYU Life Sciences team leads a validation study of a blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection in collaboration with Kansas University.
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Intellect

Top Videos of 2024: Humanitarian service, animation excellence and world-class performance

By Sharman Gill
January 07, 2025
From Cougarettes to award-winning student animation, rewatch the most viewed and most shared BYU videos of the 2024 year.
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Intellect

Top 10 BYU stories of 2024: BYU's new school of medicine, impressive national rankings and LEGOs

By Sharman Gill
January 02, 2025
A lot of news happens on BYU's campus in the course of a year. Some of that news will change the shape of BYU forever, such as the announcement of the new school of medicine, while some of that news connects research with current trends (AI anyone?). And some of that news simply brings joy, such as the library's record-smashing LEGO exhibit and an expanded Creamery on Ninth.
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Polyploid Cells, Evolution, and Faith in Dr. Standring’s Lab

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
December 13, 2024
Dr. Standring's lab is on the hunt to understand the impact of polyploid cells on insect evolution.
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