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Emily Dana wants to help others, and she says researching how parental support affects the mental health of children is a perfect fit for her.
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Emily Dana wants to help others, and she says researching how parental support affects the mental health of children is a perfect fit for her.
Sociology student Citlalli Zavala traveled to Bolivia with BYU’s Program Evaluation and Assessment Team (PEAT). PEAT provides students with hands-on experience gathering and assessing data to improve the effectiveness of nonprofits or other organizations that seek to do good in the world.
A study from BYU finds that a family’s religious beliefs and practices promote hope.
Brookelyn Harvey is a 2023 Wheatley Scholar. As such she has been mentored while conducting and reporting on research on family life. She says, “Every interaction, whether academic or personal, feels like a ministering visit.”
“My professors continually connect the material of their classes to the gospel,” Lynsie Huff says of her experience at BYU.
Eight students’ experiences in the BYU College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences are highlighted.
At an excavation site in northern Mexico, BYU archaeology students and professors recently discovered artifacts that have been buried for 1,000 years, including pottery sherds, hammer stones, maize kernels and — intriguing at a location 250 miles inland — a shell bead from the Pacific Ocean.
The Campus Cup is a statewide competition in Utah to see which college or university can register the greatest percentage of student voters.
When Jamie Easler was a BYU graduate student six years ago, she realized she wanted to better understand youth on the autism spectrum and, by extension, their families.
To aid the struggling poor, Josie Zenger is working with a New York organization that helps disadvantaged students prepare for and get to college—particularly BYU.
Your donations to the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences help make a difference for students like Abena, Rachel, Alyssa, and Luca.
For political science student Kesley Powell, many of the most important experiences of her BYU career weren’t in a classroom.
Generous donor support made Gregory Hutchins internship possible, where he learned there are sustainable ways to approach the world’s difficult issues.
With her mother gone, Niederhauser, who is the youngest of five children, felt added pressure to cover her college education expenses herself.
Project aims to understand the long-term effects of media on children.
Study abroad experiences are making an impact in students' educational experience, but the cost is still a significant and sometimes prohibitive amount. Scholarships help bridge the gap for many students.
After discovering a love of helping others on a mission to his homeland, William Pham pursued a career in service.
Thanks to a scholarship, and research funding, BYU student Matthew Tyler became the first American to complete a genealogy internship in China.
A team of BYU students went to Tanzania with professor Daniel Nielson to examine the effects of cell phone use on the socioeconomic status of women in developing countries.
Learn about student research to improve the socioeconomic status of women in developing countries.
Kaylie Carbine is grateful for the professors with whom she worked and for the mentored learning she received as an undergraduate student. “The mentoring I have received has helped me launch innovative research ideas and design projects and carry them through publication ...."