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The Art of Science: Seth Hoffman’s Creative Path in Neuroscience

Gillian Garmon
By Gillian Garmon
April 02, 2025
For Seth Hoffman, what had begun as a faith-driven foray into the unknown yielded powerful results: an opportunity to grow, learn, and make a lasting impact in ways he couldn’t have possibly imagined.
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Biology Master's Student Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

By Kalicia Bateman
April 22, 2020
When Beka Greenall, a biological science education master’s student in the College of Life Sciences, received an email from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), she was thrilled to read she had been chosen.
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Addressing Social Disparities Through Dietetics

By Kelly Jean
April 17, 2020
Melinda Morco-Sieng, a graduate student in Nutrition, Dietetics, & Food Science focuses on how international students adjust their diet when they come to study in the U.S. “If we can figure out what these students are struggling with,” she says, “then we can help them adjust to life here.”
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Using Technology to Assist in Human Movement

By Nicole Peterson
April 16, 2020
Exercise Science graduate student Spencer Peterson's interest in technology and human movement led him to work with a mechanical engineering team to create an app that could move physical therapy from the clinic into the home.
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Promoting Health and Nutrition Through Education

By Nicole Peterson
April 15, 2020
Working with Bountiful Children's Foundation to create and refine a curriculum that helps mothers better nurture their children is one of Public Health graduate student Lexi Sayer's educational highlights.
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Climbing Personal and Academic Mountains

By Kalicia Bateman
April 14, 2020
Statistically speaking, Biology entomolgy PhD student Gavin Martin, shouldn’t have earned a bachelor’s degree, let alone a master’s degree and a PhD. Climbing personal mountains allowed him to reach new heights in his study of fireflies.
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Exploring New Research Avenues For Neural Tube Defects

By Madeline Jones
April 14, 2020
In addition to making groundbreaking discoveries in embryonic development, Physiology & Developmental Biology graduate student Micah Ross works to build a better community for BYU graduate students.
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Plant-Bacteria Symbiosis: A Key Communication for the Global Ecosystem

By Kalicia Bateman
April 08, 2020
Microbiology & Molecular Biology PhD student Alex Benedict is focusing on an important environmental process that defines the global nitrogen and carbon cycle and determines the livelihood of global vegetation.
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Influencing Environmental Change from Iran to Utah

By Kalicia Bateman
April 08, 2020
Plant & Wildlife Sciences PhD student Sara Sayedi wanted to use science to change public policy in her home country of Iran, but the political climate offered her limited options to enter the public policy arena. After learning about the available research opportunities at BYU, she saw a new possibility to influence environmental change.
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Trends and Treatment of Chronic Ankle Instability

By Kalicia Bateman
March 10, 2020
Perhaps it happened while playing basketball, executing a perfect arabesque, chasing the dog, or working up a sweat in an aerobics class. Everything was fine—you were going in for the winning basket of the game, you had almost caught Spot—but then you felt your ankle give way, and suddenly everything was not fine.
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The Fungus Affecting Potato Crops Across the U.S.

By Kalicia Bateman
February 27, 2020
Potatoes are a staple food in the United States. Who doesn’t enjoy warm French fries with just the right amount of salt, a bag of crunchy potato chips, or some creamy mashed potatoes smothered in gravy?
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MMBio Student's Virus Research Hits Close to Home

By Madeline Jones
February 26, 2020
When MMBio graduate student Israel Guerrero learned about an outbreak of Chikungunya near his home in Southern Mexico, he went to work.
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Life Sciences 3MT Competition 2020

Landon Deru (ExSc) will advance to the university 3MT competition and present his slide on "Starving to Life." Diana Calvopina (MMBIO) took second place and Heather Shipp (PWS) won the people's choice award.
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December 2019 Graduate Receives Utah Academy of Nutrition Award

By Kalicia Bateman
December 16, 2019
As a well-rounded intern with the ability to grasp new concepts quickly and present work clearly, Mandy Mathews is admired by her faculty and peers.
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Plant and Wildlife Science Graduate Research Conclave

Plant and Wildlife Science graduate students present their research to faculty, peers, and the community.
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