BYU professor and alumni shine with Oscar-nominated animated film
An animated short film co-produced by BYU animation professor Kelly Loosli was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short category. The Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, March 10, on ABC.
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Devotional: Stronger and closer connection to God through multiple covenants
“There is only one way to return to live with God, and it is designated as the covenant path,” said Elder Dale G. Renlund, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as he delivered Tuesday’s devotional address.
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Experience Design Study: Attending campus devotionals increases student sense of connection
Professors asked BYU students how they anticipated their experiences on campus would impact their feelings of connectedness to BYU. While the top-ranking activity was playing for a BYU athletic team, something only a few students have the privilege to do, the next thing on the list was something available to every BYU student: attending weekly campus devotionals.
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Forum: The value of faith in your education
“Tell your story and your journey, not to say that you’re so great, but rather to say, you are so blessed,” taught Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in Tuesday’s forum.
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Q&A with President Reese on “strengthening the student experience”
In this Q&A series with President Reese, he shares more about the seven initiatives he shared in his 2023 inaugural response and how they apply to BYU employees.
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Life and Breath: Interdisciplinary BYU team travels to Nepal to study health effects of air pollution
An interdisciplinary BYU team recently came together to conduct a research study in Nepal, aiming to measure brick workers’ exposure to pollutants and to assess their respiratory health. The eventual goal is to determine what information, technology and strategies they can develop with the Nepali people to help them improve their well-being.
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Matt Giles named new assistant administration vice president
BYU Administration Vice President and CFO Steve Hafen announced today the hiring of Matt Giles as the new assistant administration vice president of physical facilities.
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The NSF wants to pay tuition, rent and much more for BYU Cybersecurity students
The NSF recently awarded the cybersecurity program within the BYU Electrical & Computer Engineering department with a five-year, $3.7 million grant called the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service. BYU is one of only six schools nationwide to receive the award this year, which recognizes students with technical talent, moral integrity, leadership, and second language skills.
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Devotional: "Can you imagine?"
Elder Evan A. Schmutz, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday's devotional address. He urged the audience to consider the importance of their mortal lives.
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Wheatley Institute report: Flourishing romances are more the result of proactive behaviors than soulmate spark
Sixty percent of Americans believe in the idea that true love is found in a one-and-only soulmate relationship, confirming that the quest to find one’s soulmate continues to play a significant role in our modern dating culture. However, a new report finds that enduring connection in romantic relationships results more from the personal virtues and intentional efforts of the partners, than it does from spontaneous love and emotional spark.
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