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Plant and Wildlife Sciences Department welcomes new professor

By Allie Richael
August 20, 2021
The Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences welcomes Dr. April Hulet as a new associate professor.
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Men's role in destigmatizing menstruation

By Allie Richael
August 19, 2021
Growing up in a family of six sisters, JB Eyring (‘22) has never felt uncomfortable discussing women’s health. With his mentored research, Eyring seeks to understand and break down the stigma surrounding menstruation and women's health, specifically in men.
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A Long Life

By Taylor Nelson
August 18, 2021
On a nature hike at Nevada’s Great Basin National Park during his undergraduate studies, David Burchfield (‘21) came across the oldest living organism measured on the Earth today.
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Mentored research student saves the birds

By Taylor Nelson
August 18, 2021
For the past four months, recent BYU graduate Emma Houghton (‘21) has been raising young seabird chicks that are at great risk for extinction in Hawaii.
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An ancestry made of agave

By Allie Richael
August 17, 2021
As the sun pours its dry, scorching heat across the Sonoran Desert, a seven-year-old boy in leather sandals follows his papá through a field of pointed agave leaves growing from the ground like bundles of green swords. PWS doctoral student Hector Ortiz revisits his roots to cultivate an alternative crop during times of drought.
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Intellect

BYU, University of Colorado scientists may have discovered the most lifeless place on Earth

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
August 12, 2021
A group of scientists from Brigham Young University and the University of Colorado have found a remote location deep in the icy heart of Antarctica’s Transantarctic Mountains where the soil contains no distinguishable sign of life. It represents the first time humans have discovered earthly soil that appears uninhabitable.
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Intellect

BYU major partner in project to combat Alzheimer's, dementia in Native, Pacific Islander communities

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
August 09, 2021
BYU is a major partner in a new $14.6-million National Institute on Aging-funded project to expand treatment and research on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups.
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Intellect

BYU biologists travel the world to chart over 6,300 dragonfly species

By Christie Allen
July 28, 2021
A team of BYU biologists has been tracking dragonflies around the world, from Vietnam to the islands of Vanuatu. Their goal is to piece together the first-ever phylogenic tree of all 6,300 known species and their ancestors.
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Emergency symposium to set the record straight on Utah Lake

By Allie Richael
July 26, 2021
At the center of Utah Valley, Utah Lake is one of the largest and most productive freshwater lakes in the western U.S. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Professors from Brigham Young University are joining researchers from universities and organizations across the state to address the lake’s most prevailing issues during a public symposium at Utah Valley University (UVU) on August 4.
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