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Honored Graduate: Rebekah Jones

By Aubrey Johnson
April 20, 2023
It would be impossible for many people to maintain the schedule Rebekah Jones (CELL '23) does, but she has learned to rely on her community to accomplish her goals instead of trying to do everything by herself.
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Honored Graduate: Katelynn Hales

By Grace Christensen
April 19, 2023
Katelynn Hales (EXSC '23) finds fulfillment in helping others achieve their health goals. She’s currently interning as a health coach—she works with others to help them lead healthy lifestyles in ways that work for them. "I'm always going to be interested in helping myself and others live a healthy life . . ."
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Graduate Student Feature: Hillary Wadsworth

By Grace Christensen
April 13, 2023
Hillary Wadsworth (NEURO ’24) is passionate about helping others achieve their goals. As a graduate student working on research with undergraduates, she understands it's her responsibility to cheer them on in all their endeavors. “One of the biggest motivations with my students is to offer them every opportunity possible," she says. "I want them to have a good experience in the lab, just like I did as an undergraduate."
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Stefany Diaz: My Name is Resilient

By Marshall Haight
April 13, 2023
When she was three years old, Stefany Diaz (PH ’24) and her family moved from Honduras to Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. Unfortunately, their new home wasn’t ideal—they endured poor sanitation and an unsafe environment. Diaz’s mother, “the rock of my life” as she lovingly refers to her, worked hard to relocate them to better living conditions. She worked as a maid receiving about a hundred dollars a week for her hard work; eventually she was able to move her children to a better situation.
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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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Shannon Nelson: Jumping Back Into Education After 23 Years

By Marshall Haight
April 12, 2023
In 1993, Shannon Nelson walked across the stage in the Marriot Center to accept her bachelor’s diploma in exercise science. Shaking hands with the dean, she planned to continue her education and become a physical therapist. Life, however, took her on another journey offering her two decades of growing experiences.
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Jessica Lewis: Proteins Changing Her Perspective

By Aubrey Johnson
April 11, 2023
Jessica Lewis (MMBIO ’24) uses her passion and curiosity to delve into the building blocks of life itself. As a PhD student, she's learned to appreciate the details, celebrate her relationships, and reflect on the progress she's made as a person and as a scientist.
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Annalie Martin: Germinating a Passion for Scientific Education

By Grace Christensen
April 11, 2023
Annalie Martin (CELL) grew up in a family that encouraged curiosity, propagated the value of education, and cared for the welfare of others. Her parents example instilled in her a desire to study science and use her education to improve the lives of others through research and teaching.
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Doreen Cabrera: A Legacy of Science and Outreach

By Shannon Haddock
April 10, 2023
Doreen Cabrera, a biology PhD student, is leaving behind a legacy through her research and through her efforts to mentor students—especially women and minority students.
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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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Going Great Lengths to Save the Salt Lake

By Aubrey Johnson
March 31, 2023
What started as a student research project on the Great Salt Lake turned into a report making national headlines. Karoline Busche worked with thirty-one coauthors to help Utahns know how to protect the Great Salt Lake from disappearing.
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Exploring Catharanthine's Effects on Alcohol Addiction

By Grace Christensen
March 30, 2023
What if the cure to alcohol addiction could be found in a pill? BYU students Nathan Steed (Neuroscience '23) and Aubrey Moedl (Neuroscience '23) presented their research on treating alcohol addiction at the College Undergraduate Research Awards.
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Opening Doors: Juliette Ball, BYU’s 2023 Student Employee of the Year

By Nicholas Rex
March 20, 2023
Many titles come to mind when describing Juliette Ball, but the most important one to her is learner. “Most sticky situations I find myself in are a result of forgetting my call to learn—from my experiences, from God, and from the wonderful people in my life,” she says. “Regardless of any other status I may gain and lose over the course of my life, I hope I always remember to learn.”
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Promoting brain health requires more than reducing seizures

By Paige Sherwood
January 30, 2023
Epilepsy, a neurological disorder involving seizures, is most prevalent among those 70 and older. Public health professor Evan Thacker and his colleagues researched cognitive decline among individuals with epilepsy and a vascular risk factor in order to improve brain health for those suffering with epilepsy.
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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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Maintaining Molokai: Data Collection and Reef Restoration

By Angela Larson
January 04, 2023
BYU biology students collect data on local vegetation while researching coral reef restoration on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
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Finding a Cure for Chikungunya

By Julia Orellana-Funes
December 16, 2022
The virus, Chikungunya, which means "that which bends up," has a cure coming for it after student Madison Gray's research and findings.
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License and plant identification, please: BYU comes out on top (again)

By Kaigan Bigler
December 16, 2022
BYU students took the lead in individual and team competition at Utah's URME test for 2022, preparing to go to the international competition in 2023.
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