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Meet the 2026 Social Science Valedictorians
The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences is proud to announce the eight valedictorians representing our undergraduate programs this year. While a 3.75 GPA is the starting point for consideration, these students were chosen for more than just their high marks; they were selected because they have represented their programs with distinction through faculty collaboration, peer leadership, and a deep commitment to the campus community at Brigham Young University.
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Setting the Record: BYU Mock Trial’s Promising First Season
The first BYU mock-trial teams met their goal of representing the university well — and returned with awards for performance and sportsmanship.
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New Award Categories and More Award Funding Mark Winter 2026 Research Conference
Innovation is front and center on April 9 as students present research they conducted over the past semester at the Mentored Student Research Conference.
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The World in Conversation
Can trees speak? And, if so, what are they saying? Anthropology graduate student Meri Lesovska explored how people interpret communication from the natural world and earned first place in the anthropology category at the Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference.
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Behind the Heart Eyes
Before you blame the dating pool, ask yourself what you believe about marriage. A School of Family Life graduate student found that beliefs about marriage at age 19 were tied to relationship stability five years later.
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C-SPAN Airs Lecture on Capitalism from BYU History Professor
Understanding history requires nuance over nostalgia, an enduring theme of Professor Grant Madsen’s lecture on Reaganomics.
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Before the Buildings
A pair of student archaeology researchers recently uncovered forgotten burial sites beneath BYU. What began as an investigation in the archives has blossomed into a vital conversation about how we remember those who have passed.
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Alone Together: The Psychology of Socializing Through Screens
New research reveals why you can spend hours talking to people online and still feel alone.
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Brown University Historian Frames America’s Founding Through Family Connections
At the 22nd Annual Marjorie Hinckley Lecture, Karin Wulf shared how genealogy shaped America's earliest systems.
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