Announcements

Two Brigham Young University professors (Brent Webb and Thomas Sederberg) recently received Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Awards from Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering.

Brigham Young University's MBA program was ranked #27 overall in Bloomberg Businessweek’s full-time MBA rankings, a five-spot rise from the program’s last finish in 2012.

Any careful reader of the BYU’s course offerings would have heard something familiar in the announcement of four new classes to be taught at Church universities and Institutes of Religion starting in Fall Semester 2015.

In January 2015, the BYU Department of Visual Arts, in the College of Fine Arts and Communications, will become two new departments: Design and Art. The Visual Arts Department’s Art History program will move to the College of Humanities.

Rollin Hotchkiss, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University, has been appointed as the committee chair for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Advisory Board.

Five graduates who have made significant differences in the lives of others will be honored with university awards at Homecoming 2014.

Brigham Young University will implement a three-percent increase across all tuition categories for the 2015-2016 academic year. This will bring the undergraduate rate per semester from $2,500 to $2,575, an increase of three percent or $75.

Eleven successful BYU graduates who have achieved in their chosen professions will be honored during BYU Homecoming Week with Alumni Achievement Awards from their respective colleges.

New enrollment reports released today show BYU has more returned missionaries on campus this fall than ever before. Currently 16,724 students have served missions, a 10 percent increase from fall 2012.

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Brigham Young University’s undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs were ranked fourth and seventh, respectively, by The Princeton Review’s annual survey for Entrepreneur magazine.

The BYU New Horizons Orchestra is living proof that when it comes to learning to play a musical instrument, it truly is never too late. Enrollment is now open for the upcoming season of this successful string orchestra program. Running from September 17 through December 11, the New Horizons Orchestra season provides music instruction for adults over 40 who are interested in playing an orchestral string instrument – violin, viola, cello or bass.

A new BYU commercial called 'Generation Y' made its debut in September on ESPN and will continue to air during national athletic broadcasts this season. It pays tribute to students and alumni who are making positive headlines worldwide.

U.S. News & World Report has released their latest college rankings and BYU continues to rank high.

In an effort to improve bicycle safety on campus, BYU has added several new signs to campus roadways this summer—both on and off the road.

BYU Center for Animation has “owned” the animation category the “student Emmys” for over 10 years. The tradition continued as BYU won its 13th and 14th student Emmys in 11 years. Fittingly, this year’s winner is Owned.

Kevin J Worthen J.D. will become the 13th president of BYU. Worthen will begin his tenure as president of the university on May 1, 2014.

The Harold B. Lee Library and the Biology Department are co-hosting a free symposium on eResearch and Data Management Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 2-3.