April Courtright

Extensive research fueled by the effects of lip color and lipstick on perceptions of attractiveness in women qualified BYU–Hawaii psychology students for the twenty-first annual Association for Psychological Science convention in San Francisco, California, this past May; this experiment was patterned to a similar version previously done at Harvard University. Coupled with their perception of attractiveness experiment, BYU–Hawaii students also presented on personal sacrifice in genetic and social ingroups and outgroups, utilizing the Harvard Implicit Association Test to accurately measure prejudice. This is the third time BYU–Hawaii students were able to attend this convention, and, noted Dr. Ronald Miller, this convention is where you can find the future scientists of the world. (Attendees pictured above; back row: Thomas Dearden, Dr. Ronald Miller, Lacey Goforth, Alexa Kiene, Yoko Tsui; front row: Shelley Winward, Valeria Jaramillo, Sunny Griffin, Ofa Hafoka, Kazumi Yasutani)