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Sharman Gill

Sharman Gill

Writer
University Communications
Email: sharman4@byu.edu

Sharman Gill has been a writer for University Communications since October 2024. She primarily writes feature stories for news.byu.edu, highlighting premier research and inspiring learning projects.

Sharman previously worked for 11 years as a writing instructor for BYU and Snow College. She developed BIO 316, an advanced scientific communication course for mentored-research students in the Life Sciences. She has a rich background in professional writing with opportunities to write for Community News (Moscow, ID), Duke Clinical Research Institute, Colorado State Parks, and the US Forest Service.

Sharman received a bachelor’s degree in conservation biology and a master’s degree in English from BYU. She has published academic articles in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment and Stance: Studies on the Family, as well as several poems in academic journals and popular magazines. In 2021 she received the Adjunct Faculty Award in BYU’s College of Life Sciences.

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Intellect

Building a sustainable global health workforce: BYU nursing professors piloting program to reduce early-career burnout

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
May 12, 2026
With the federal officials expecting an 8% shortage in full-time RNs in the US by 2028, and the World Health Organization expecting a shortage of 4.5 million nurses by 2030, a recent surge in nursing program applications is promising news. But there is a major complicating factor: young nurses are experiencing widespread early-career burnout. Enter BYU Nursing.
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More than Law: a BYU graduate’s commitment to service

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
April 21, 2026
MinJae Kim (JD, Dec.’25) sits at his desk at Spencer Fane in Salt Lake City, reflecting on BYU, grateful because he is doing exactly what he set out to do when he left full-time law enforcement for law school – civil rights litigation. He loves his job.
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'The biggest miracle of my life': How language studies opened doors for a BYU graduate

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
April 15, 2026
Family has always been at the core of Faith Hall’s life, even shaping her academic focus at BYU. After a particularly inspiring Eternal Family class and a strong spiritual impression, she chose her major: Family Life with an emphasis in Family Services.
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New Church-commissioned Easter paintings, created by BYU alums, on display in Wilk Reflection Room

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
March 26, 2026
Just in time for the Easter season, a pair of new Christ-focused paintings by two BYU alums are on display in the Reflection Room at the BYU Wilkinson Student Center, located just behind the East Lounge near the ballroom.
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Office Hours: Mike Taylor

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
March 12, 2026
Office Hours is a series focusing on unique artifacts that BYU employees display in their offices.
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Intellect

Micro to Mega Engineering: Scaling up the 'World’s Smallest Nerf Blaster'

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
March 02, 2026
BYU engineers had so much fun working with Mark Rober to create the “world's smallest Nerf blaster,” they continued the collaboration to see how big they could make it. The micro ant-blaster has become a mega launcher with the same flexible, single-body design.
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Intellect

BYU at 150: The Language University

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
February 18, 2026
Over the last 50 years, BYU has established itself as a top language university. According to the most recent MLA survey, BYU ranks #1 in both language course offerings and advanced language enrollments. In addition, students benefit from exceptional opportunities to earn language certificates, gain immersive language experiences and collaborate with professors on first-class research.
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Treating addiction with immunotherapy: BYU study links alcohol use and the immune system

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
January 15, 2026
A new interdisciplinary study from BYU, opens an angle of neuroimmune research that could potentially lead to better medical treatments for individuals with alcohol use disorder. This collaborative research involved 13 students and four professors across three departments in the College of Life Sciences and the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.

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Office Hours: Israel Silva

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
December 15, 2025
Office Hours is a series focusing on unique artifacts that BYU employees display in their offices.
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