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Christie Allen

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Intellect
BYU nursing professor helping revolutionize DNA evidence collection in sexual assault cases
By Christie Allen
May 25, 2021
For the past 10 years, BYU nursing professor and certified sexual assault examiner Julie Valentine has helped put Utah at the forefront of making touch DNA evidence collection a standard practice in groping cases.
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Intellect
BYU engineering, theatre arts students team up to create animatronic cougar
By Christie Allen
May 19, 2021
Thanks to the combined efforts of two BYU engineering capstone teams and a group of theatre and media arts students, the beloved mascot Cosmo is getting an animatronic counterpart in the theatre department.
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Intellect
Simple text message reminders may significantly boost COVID-19 vaccination rates
By Christie Allen
April 30, 2021
A recent mega-study co-authored by a BYU professor showed that sending patients text message reminders to get a flu shot at their routine appointments increased vaccination rates by up to 11%, enough to make a significant impact in national immunity.
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Events
April 2021 Commencement: Built with gratitude on a firm foundation
By Christie Allen
April 22, 2021
The April commencement ceremony honored BYU graduates of the 2020–21 academic year and conferred 6,742 degrees. The proceedings were broadcast from the Marriott Center to graduates and their loved ones around the world.
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Character
BYU social work grad excited to give back by helping families
By Christie Allen
April 20, 2021
When she began her master’s in social work at BYU, Beth O’Brien already had a clear vision of what she most wanted to accomplish: to provide emotional support to postpartum women navigating the mental health challenges that are common to new mothers.
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Character
"Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly": A BYU Law grad's mantra
By Christie Allen
April 19, 2021
When BYU Law student Melissa Jo “MJ” Townsend was growing up, her mother frequently reminded her that she — a member of “the People” — was the government.
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Intellect
BYU No. 1 in the nation for launching business, foreign language Ph.D.s
By Christie Allen
April 06, 2021
BYU prepares more future Ph.D. students in both business management and foreign languages than any other university in the United States.
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Intellect
BYU research: Childhood adversity shapes adolescent delinquency, fatherhood
By Christie Allen
March 29, 2021
About 61% of Americans have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), experts’ formal term for a traumatic childhood event. Two recent BYU studies analyzed how ACEs shape adolescents’ delinquent behaviors as well as fathers’ parenting approaches.
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10-year BYU study shows elevated suicide risk from excess social media time for young teen girls
By Christie Allen
February 03, 2021
In the longest study to date on the effects of social media on teens, BYU research found a correlation between time spent on social media and suicidality risk among teenage girls.
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