President Worthen accepts two distinguished appointments
Just one month after leaving the president’s office, Kevin J Worthen has been named as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the first BYU Wheatley Institute Distinguished Fellow in Constitutional Government.
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BYU team using wearable nanocomposite sensor and AI to create prescription-like system for chronic back pain
To find effective therapies for chronic low back pain, and to help curb opioid addiction, the NIH created the Back Pain Consortium Research Program. BYU is one of 10 major universities (along with Harvard, Ohio State and the University of Utah) tapped to help with this effort, and new work from researchers here has led to a system to prescribe patient-specific back pain remedies like doctors would prescribe medication.
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Devotional: Choosing Christ's light burden
In a world in which so many view religion as a burden, it can be easy to be consumed by the message that by abandoning religion you can live a better, freer and more “advanced” life, taught Justin Dyer.
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Cougar Query: Justin Dyer
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Justin Dyer, a professor of Church history and doctrine.
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Motivated by a love of God and His children, BYU student helps others find belonging
Devoted BYU student Josie Zenger combines her passion for research and community, helping to create a sense of belonging for all students.
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Devotional: The process of Christlike transformation
Melissa Larson, a teaching professor in the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott School of Business, delivered Tuesday's devotional address. She testified that while transforming moments can often be difficult, they are essential in order to become more like the Savior.
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BYU grad programs shine in 2023-2024 edition of U.S. News rankings
Once again, BYU graduate programs shined in the newly released annual U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, with the J. Reuben Clark Law School earning its highest ranking to date.
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Cougar Query: Melissa Larson
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Melissa Larson, a teaching professor in the School of Accountancy.
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BYU students engineer most fuel-efficient vehicle on the continent, drive away with national title
Engineering students at BYU have built a vehicle that can travel from Provo to Niagara Falls on one gallon of gas. To be exact, it can travel 1,915.83 miles per gallon, an astounding distance that is not only the best in the United States, but the best across the Americas.
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Devotional: "Here's my heart, O take and seal it"
Delivering the first devotional address of the spring term, Brooke Robertson, a policy manager and analyst for BYU’s Integrity and Compliance Office, shared several personal experiences and testified that by binding herself to Jesus Christ, she has been able to navigate the unexpected.
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