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Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Justin Dyer, a professor of Church history and doctrine.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Melissa Larson, a teaching professor in the School of Accountancy.

Inspired by doctors who cared for her family, BYU grad Caitlin Silva pursues a career as a genetic counselor.

Michella Kopti's experiences at BYU have taught her self-reliance and set her on an academic path to accomplish her goals. She feels grateful for the professors and mentors who took her under their wings and opened doors of opportunity for her.

Just over a month ago BYU senior Logan Barnes won the title of National Cabaret Champion at the National DanceSport Championships. While Barnes appears to be at the top of his game now, he came very close to missing out on dance, school and life just a few years ago.

At BYU’s commencement exercises this week, University Honors student Samuel Benson will represent the graduates as the student speaker.

Andrew Bonney speaks Armenian, Arabic, Azerbaijani and Turkish. He is also fluent in the languages of leadership, love and loss.

Rebekah Kaylor knows personally what it’s like to be burdened with an unrecognized disability. When three of her children were diagnosed with ADHD, she realized that she shared many of their symptoms. She eventually learned that she herself had the same condition, which explained why she’d struggled to complete college as a young adult years before.

The report reviews a series of recent studies using several different national datasets showing that having multiple sexual partners during the dating years leads to higher divorce rates in future marriages. These studies conclude that the number of sex partners a person has prior to marriage is one of the strongest predictors of divorce in social science research.

For Tolento, a first-generation college student, the BYU experience was deeper than a world-class education. It was a place that helped him realize his full divine potential – a caring community of faith and friends unlike he’d ever experienced before.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Loreen Allphin, associate dean in the College of Life Sciences.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Andra Duke, director of content for BYU Broadcasting.

Dr. Julianne Grose won an award for her work with bone marrow transplant registry.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Jenet Erickson, a religion and family science professor.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Michael Drake, an accounting professor.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Kendra Hall-Kenyon, interim dean for the David O. McKay School of Education.

Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Whitney Hanks, a supervisor for BYU Building Care.

BYU Alumni has organized service projects at pregame tailgates for each away football game in 2022. Starting with the USF game this weekend, BYU Alumni, along with local alumni chapters at each game site, will be hosting “Cougs Care” pregame tailgates that incorporate a service project for local nonprofits.