Cougar Query: Paul Lambert
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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From Campus to Kayaks: BYU students teach local school children about Utah wetlands
Recognizing the wetland treasure of the Provo River Delta and hoping to share it with the rising generation, recent BYU graduate Josh Hammari developed a two-day camp to inspire wonder and environmental stewardship in 8-12 year olds.
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Want to thrive in your 30s? BYU study says education and service in your 20s are key
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.
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Devotional: Fear not, little flock
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.
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Cougar Query: Sherami Jara
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Wildflowers not wildfires: How BYU and Provo City are helping to restore Rock Canyon Trailhead
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.
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Devotional: We chose this! Agency, atonement and joy
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.
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Cougar Query: Brennan Platt
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Devotional: Working through wobble
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.
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Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires
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.
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