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Detoxing Chemo

BYU scientists make a hot discovery.

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Helping Addicts Breathe Easier

Working with a team of students, Steffensen leads BYU’s addiction lab in research for those with drug addiction.

Portrait of BYU student Lexi Hansen.

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Second Life for Lexi

Following a traumatic accident, a BYU student’s life has new focus.

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Monte Cristo Premieres at BYU

The creators worked with the BYU team during rehearsals to make a showstopping musical.

Relationship Therapy for Microbes
Spring 2014
Griffitts “counsels” rhizobia bacteria and legume plants.
Duct Tape on Steroids
Spring 2014
Student entrepreneur E. Spencer Quinn (’14) walked onto the set of ABC’s show Shark Tank.
Passport to Leadership
Fall 2013
Being globally-savvy should be a main focus for engineering students, says the Weidman Center.
Sewing with the Stars
Summer 2013
If you’re Brian Youngblut’s partner, you’re going to step out on the dance floor in style.
Making Room for Missionaries
Summer 2013
BYU and the Missionary Training Center overlap — again.
Adventures in Tracking a Name
Winter 2013
Lauren Angarola discovers her family heritage.
From Cancer to the Book of Mormon and Back
Winter 2013
A BYU stats professor is furthering cancer-tumor classification—and using the same science to defend the Book of Mormon.
Alexander’s Box
Fall 2012
The Harold B. Lee Library has made a home for the creative world of a Newbery-winning fantasy author.
The Mom-and-Dad Scholarship
Summer 2012
How much should parents help their children pay for college and how much should the children contribute?
Found in Translation
Summer 2012
Tata and BYU student programmers created BYU Translator, a smartphone app that keeps Olympics-goers in the know.