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Want to thrive in your 30s? BYU study says education and service in your 20s are key

By Melissa Jenson July 16, 2025
New BYU research shows that hitting the books and helping others in your 20s leads to a happier, more regret-free life in your 30s. Read Full Story

Devotional: Fear not, little flock

By Bitsy Tullis July 15, 2025
Sherami Jara, assistant dean and director of Liberal Arts Advisement and Careers, delivered a devotional address at the Joseph Smith Building on choosing faith over fear through turning to Jesus Christ. Read Full Story

Cougar Query: Sherami Jara

July 14, 2025
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Read Full Story

Wildflowers not wildfires: How BYU and Provo City are helping to restore Rock Canyon Trailhead

By Melissa Jenson July 10, 2025
At Rock Canyon Trailhead in Provo, Utah, BYU researchers are fighting fires with flowers. By replacing a problematic weed called cheatgrass with wildflowers, students and faculty are working to protect and restore one of Provo’s most popular hiking spots. Read Full Story

Devotional: We chose this! Agency, atonement and joy

By Bitsy Tullis July 08, 2025
Platt, a professor and associate chair of the Economics Department, reminded the audience of the incredible power of choice; both in everyday life and in the grand eternal plan of Heavenly Father. Read Full Story

Cougar Query: Brennan Platt

July 07, 2025
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Read Full Story

Devotional: Working through wobble

By Bitsy Tullis July 01, 2025
In her Tuesday morning devotional, Dawan Coombs, an associate professor of English, spoke powerfully about the divine identity of all of God’s children. She taught how the knowledge of this divine heritage can serve as a lifeline in the times of confusion, trial or indecision. Read Full Story

Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires

By Todd Hollingshead July 01, 2025
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has particular expertise in the planning, design, construction and operation of public water systems. That expertise has been increasingly important (and regularly sought out) in the wake of apocalyptic wildfires that have taxed those public water systems. Read Full Story

Cougar Query: Dawan Coombs

June 30, 2025
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Read Full Story

Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter

By Tyler Stahle June 25, 2025
Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a key tool firefighters rely on during wildfire season Read Full Story