Category: Profile
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Pregnant and Widowed at 21: A Latter-day Saint Woman’s Story
Kyra* knew something was wrong as soon as she turned on the lights and saw her husband, lying still in bed. “That moment is forever ingrained in my head, seeing that he just didn’t look right, that he wasn’t there. Something was wrong,” she says. “There are no words to describe that moment.” A Fairytale Gone […]
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Biology professor wanders through madness, fiction, science
Steve Peck remembers his week of horror vividly: the giant insects flying around the hospital, his daughter’s innocently hand-drawn pictures that took life and began speaking to him, the evil clones of his wife and children conversing right outside his door. To Peck, it was all real, and the madness had narrative and twisted explanations. […]
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BYU chemistry professor trains police on critical thinking
Provo Police Chief John King never planned on partnering with a chemistry professor to teach critical thinking courses. That is, until BYU’s Brian Woodfield approached King and asked if Woodfield could train Provo City Police.
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NASA flight surgeon researches effects of space travel on human body
Blake Chamberlain has one of the most unique jobs in the solar system. The BYU alumnus is a NASA flight surgeon, a physician who trains with and monitors astronauts’ health both in and out of space. Keeping an astronaut happy and healthy in space comes with its own unique challenges. Chamberlain said astronauts need to work out […]
Jessica Grimaud 