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EXSC Honored Graduate: TJ Stefl's Path to Connection Through Service

By Keira Dooley
April 23, 2025
At BYU, TJ Stefl experienced the joy that comes from building relationships and using his knowledge to help people.
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JoDeen Brown: Jump-Starting Mental Health Through Movement

Gabe Mills
By Gabe Mills
April 11, 2025
JoDeen Brown's journey from Ironman races to pioneering mental health initiatives at BYU showcases her unwavering dedication to improving well-being through exercise.
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Finding the Culprit to Lower Back Pain in Dr. Mitchell’s Lab

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
November 22, 2024
As both a physical therapist and professor, Dr. Ulrike Mitchell conducts studies to discover methods and techniques to decrease lower back pain by studying the muscles and intervertebral discs of the lower back.
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Improving Athletes One Step at a Time in Dr. Hunter’s Lab

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
November 15, 2024
Dr. Hunter and his team conduct research on running to improve athlete performance and analyze the effectiveness of racing footwear.
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Faith and Science Seminar: Lessons for Any Path

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
October 30, 2024
Spiritually Strengthening Award winners Dr. Matt Bailey and Dr. Matt Seeley shared their insights on faith and science at the College of Life Sciences' annual seminar.
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Reimagining the Playing Field: How the Strong Youth Project Transforms Youth Sports

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
August 30, 2024
The Strong Youth Project, led by Dr. Matthew Seeley and Coach Justin Yee, aims to change the youth sports experience through communicating scientific research and enhancing the sport experience.
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Compassion Across Continents: Grace Brown

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
August 06, 2024
When Grace Brown learned about an opportunity to gain clinical work experience in Cambodia through BYU’s chapter of VAW Global Health Alliances, she immediately jumped on board. Little did she know how transformative the trip would be.
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Versatility of Super Shoes: Jared Steele’s Award-Winning Research

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
July 17, 2024
Jared Steele's innovative super shoe research at BYU led him to faith and discoveries that will benefit many lives.
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The Strong Youth Conference: Teaching the Science Behind Sport

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
June 14, 2024
The Strong Youth Conference brought together experts to teach on youth sports topics. "We want to make youth sports better for kids," Seeley says.
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Dustin Williams Named Olympic Athletic Trainer

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
June 10, 2024
Dustin Williams, instructor in the Exercise Sciences Department and BYU cross country and track and field athletic trainer, has recently been named co-head athletic trainer for Team USA in the Paris Olympics.
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EXSC Honored Graduate: Anne Shull's Journey of Self-Discovery

By Aubrey Johnson
April 22, 2024
Anne Shull used to stress about getting everything done perfectly. As professors guided her to reframe her college expectations, she started taking better care of her body and spirit.
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Dissection, Dancing, and Deity: Annie Smedley

By Aubrey Johnson
April 10, 2024
Annie Smedley is closing out her master's degree with a jeté. Her hard-won skill to ask better questions helped her note a pattern in a literature review, which evolved into an interdisciplinary project studying ballet dancers and their injuries.
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Faith, Determination, and Resilience: Earlene Durrant’s 2023 Honored Alumni Lecture

Parker Smith
By Parker Smith
December 14, 2023
Seventh grade Earlene Durrant (Physical Education EdD '75) was determined to be a physical education teacher at BYU. Little did she know that she would transform the department.
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Dr. Jake Sorensen: Pursuing Health and Healing

By Alexis Grammer
September 13, 2023
Meet Jake Sorensen, a new assistant professor of exercise sciences working to understand aging, health, and healing.
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Getting Diabetics Back on Their Feet

Hannah LeSueur
By Hannah LeSueur
June 09, 2023
Andrew Hillier and Seth Huber combine public health and engineering at BYU to speed up healing for the foot ulcers of people with diabetes. The students' foot braces take stress off the foot and reduce the need for amputation.
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Exercise Made Just For You

By Grace Christensen
April 04, 2023
Have you ever walked into a busy gym and immediately felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of machines? How do you know which workout will benefit you the most? It may be tempting to turn around, walk out the door, and head back home to bed. Luckily, with the help of student wellness adjunct professor Jessica Collins, BYU students discovered a more effective way to personalize the prescription of exercise.
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Huddled Up for Healing: Working with the Football Team to Address a Degenerative Brain Disease

By Tanner Sandberg
July 21, 2022
In 2002, the death of legendary NFL center Mike Webster introduced the world to the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The disease is marked by depression, rage, substance abuse, cognitive dysfunction, and dementia, and diagnoses are rising rapidly among retired football players.
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Can You Age Out of Exercising?

By Sydney Springer
March 01, 2022
The sun blazed down on the sidewalk of Provo’s Center Street as community members pounded the pavement to the finish line. The marathon started before the sun had even risen, and amongst the clumps of college students was an older gentleman dressed in bright yellow. He finished in under five hours.
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