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Be The Match—Save a Life

By Kaigan Bigler
February 16, 2024
Dr. Julianne Grose’s family made it their mission to run stem cell donor registration drives, and almost 50 students have donated to blood-cancer patients since she started.
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Handcrafting Access to Global Health

By Kaigan Bigler
February 16, 2024
Melissa Levy helps lift thousands of people out of poverty by empowering 2,919 artisans in nearly 20 countries through her company Ethik.
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Five illustrated characters pose together in the woods. A medium-skinned woman holding a blue flag that says, "Camp C.O.R.E.," and a dark-skinned man playing a guitar stand in the back row. Three children are in the front row: a light-skinned girl dressed in pink and kneeling with her arms thrown out, a light-skinned boy sitting cross-legged and holding a colored rope, and a medium-skinned girl kneeling and holding a potted plant. All five characters are smiling and look happy to be together.

Camp C.O.R.E.: A New Way to Learn

By Kaigan Bigler
September 18, 2023
The new graphic novel Camp C.O.R.E. is an engaging way for children and youth to learn about science, problem-solving, and how to use their "superpowers" to care for our world. The novel was founded and written by Anna Wright and published through BYU.
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College News - Fall 2022

By Sydney Springer
June 09, 2023
Students and faculty across the College of Life Sciences are doing amazing things. Read about the three new associate deans, a new dairy product created by food science students, and more.
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BYU Tops SRM International Meeting

By Kaigan Bigler
May 17, 2023
BYU PWS students placed among top performers at the Society for Range Management's International Annual Meeting held in early 2023. The team as a whole placed first in the URME test, competing against 22 other schools.
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Honored Graduate: Connor Alder

By Kaigan Bigler
April 28, 2023
Neuroscience major Connor Alder has had amazing opportunities to help his research throughout his time at BYU, including going to Africa to help babies with a premature eye disease.
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Honored Graduate: Beth Heninger

By Kaigan Bigler
April 24, 2023
Beth Heninger (MMBIO ’23) is passionate about music and microbiology. She has loved growing both her knowledge and her testimony while studying at BYU.
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Mayra Hernandez Sanchez: Dietetics and DACA

By Kaigan Bigler
April 12, 2023
Mayra Hernandez Sanchez is graduating with her master's in dietetics after overcoming challenges related to being a DACA student and unfulfilled plans. Her research has found a way to help kids eat more vegetables in school lunches.
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Brick by brick, breath by breath

By Kaigan Bigler
January 23, 2023
Nepali brick kiln workers fire and make bricks for twelve hours a day, breathing in crystalline silica that scars their lungs. BYU students Esther Erickson and Mariah Taylor used travel grants given by generous donors to learn more about the air the kiln workers breathe and how it affects their lungs.
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