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Reflecting Light: The Global Reach of BYU Biology Students
Through the College of Life Sciences, students like Abigail Borgmeier, Micah Taotafa, and Olivea Fisher reflect light throughout the world as they contribute to meaningful research in Antarctica, Hawaii, and the Netherlands.
A Glimmer of Hope: BYU Researchers Tackle Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Patients facing triple-negative breast cancer have significantly limited treatment options, but Naomi Rapier-Sharman and Mauri Spendlove are striving to change that, bringing light to those who need it most.
Swimming Toward Discovery: Zebrafish Research Sheds Light on Neurodivergence
A team of BYU students are gaining insights on how to better understand and assist individuals with sensory processing disorders like autism through their zebrafish research.
A Life Worth Emulating
Dean Bridgewater shares lessons we can learn from the life of a scientist who is both a great scholar and a disciple of Christ.
Illuminating Nature: Growing Student-Based Research
PWS students designed and installed a botanical garden display west of the Life Sciences Building that highlights some of the research being conducted in all four of the department's programs.
Dean's Message
Dean Bridgewater presents this special edition of the Impact magazine, which celebrates BYU's 150th anniversary by highlighting some of the ways that students and faculty in the College share their light for the benefit of the world.
Devotional: Jesus Christ is our rock and covenants are our anchors
Elder Edward B. Rowe, a general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, testified in his devotional address to Brigham Young University students about overcoming trials through the power of covenants.
BYU research: Mega wildfires can actually be a good thing
BYU professor Sam St. Clair is the principal investigator on the first study to show positive impacts of megafires (fires greater than 100,000 acres) across different forest types. Megafires can help some forest communities thrive — especially in areas where chronic browsing by elk, deer, and livestock has hindered tree regeneration, a widespread issue that often leads to forest regeneration failure.
Neuroscience Art Contest: Visualizing the Music of the Mind
The 2025 Neuroscience Art Contest challenged students to explore the musicality of the brain through art, resulting in several creative and captivating pieces.
Improving future crop varieties: New BYU research in Nature decodes oat genetics
BYU plant and wildlife professors Rick Jellen and Jeff Maughan, together with an international consortium of researchers, have taken a major step toward unraveling the complexity of the oat genome. Their new research — published today in Nature and Nature Communications — ushers in a new era for oat genetics and breeding.