Laura Standage Combrink
Featured
![A black and white photo of golfer Peter Kuest as he finishes his swing.](https://magazine.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WEB_19mGLF-Peter-Kuest-056-DONE_1404x702_acf_cropped.jpg)
Campus
Kuest to the Top
Golf or paint, said Peter Kuest’s father. This little threat helped forge the No. 1 golfer in the NCAA.
![A butterfly lands on a flower in an extremely close-up image.](https://magazine.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WEB_1910-05-0039-DONE_1404x702_acf_cropped-1.jpg)
Research
Building on Darwin
A team of BYU plant and wildlife sciences researchers found a new link between evolution and genetics.
![BYU student Kylee Shepherd meets with her freshman mentor, Ed Adams.](https://magazine.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/WEB_19-408_Slade_12-16-2019_1stGenMentoring-214-DONE_1404x702_acf_cropped.jpg)
People
Friends for First-Gen Students
BYU is launching an initiative for first-generation students: pairing them with employees with similar experiences.
![Black-and-white tintype photograph of a Native American woman wearing a jacket](https://magazine.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WEB_FlorencePestrikoffDONE_1404x702_acf_cropped.jpg)
Research
A Vanishing Voice at the Smithsonian
Hanging in the Smithsonian, a portrait by two BYU photographers shows one of a languageās last speakers.
A new professor is teaching her native language in the first university-level class ever offered for it.