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Hottest and driest August in Provo ever recorded

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
September 23, 2020
BYU student- and faculty-run weather station sees record-high temperatures and little rain this summer.
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Forty years of voting history reveals vote-by-mail does not give either political party an edge

By Christie Allen
August 26, 2020
Researchers evaluated over 40 million individual voting records and found the system is unlikely to advantage Democrats, disadvantage Republicans.
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Reports of domestic violence on the rise during pandemic, BYU study finds

By Christie Allen
August 21, 2020
The conditions created by COVID-19—unexpected time at home, unemployment and financial insecurity, anxiety and stress—are the same conditions known to aggravate domestic violence.
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Study: Black homeownership is lowest since 1968; what that means in an election year

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 08, 2020
Since data shows homeownership is strongly tied to voter turnout this could indicate a potential negative impact on Black voter turnout in 2020.
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BYU history professor explores what freedom without family meant to enslaved people

By Christie Allen
July 02, 2020
Analysis of former slaves’ narratives: freedom was a family affair
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Women “camouflaging” autistic traits suffer severe mental health challenges, BYU study finds

By Christie Allen
June 26, 2020
A new study shows a strong correlation between how much women with autistic traits camouflage—hide or compensate for autistic qualities to fit in—and the severity of their mental health concerns.
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Father-friendly workplaces make finer families

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
June 18, 2020
Employers are in a unique situation where they can either support father involvement in the family, or they can be a barrier.
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Is video game addiction real?

By Cami Buckley
May 12, 2020
Long-term BYU study looks at the effect of video game play and the trajectories of addiction
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Is too much screen time for kids making it harder to talk in person?

By Cami Buckley
April 16, 2020
Children are constantly surrounded by screens – whether it’s watching TV, gaming on a computer or scrolling on a phone. Parents and scholars alike are worried that growing screen exposure is destroying the rising generation’s face-to-face social skills and leaving children unable to converse and interact with others.
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Physical distancing, social distancing and what they're doing to our health

By Cami Buckley
March 31, 2020
BYU professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad is a world-renowned expert on the current loneliness epidemic and is lending her voice to address some crucial health issues in the age of coronavirus
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BYU researchers: Parents should be more intentional about financial conversations with kids

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
February 27, 2020
Family discussion about money can enhance children’s financial knowledge and reduce future financial instability.
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Stronger for having served

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
November 11, 2019
More than one million American men and women are veterans of the War on Terror—that is, veterans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces after September 2001. Contrary to popular belief, most veterans who return home do not experience PTSD or similar conditions.
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Does time spent on social media impact mental health? New BYU study shows screen time isn’t the problem.

By Cami Buckley
October 20, 2019
New research led by Sarah Coyne, a professor of family life at Brigham Young University, found that the amount of time spent on social media is not directly increasing anxiety or depression in teenagers.
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Increasing workplace diversity: It’s simpler than you think

By Cami Buckley
August 08, 2019
In the United States, nearly 90 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are white males, while less than four percent of CEOs are African American or Hispanic. With these numbers in mind, companies are constantly trying different strategies to increase diversity in the workplace.
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How valuable is financial aid to low-income students?

July 29, 2019
In the 2015-16 academic year, students received $28 billion in Federal Pell Grants. The monetary assistance helps students who display exceptional financial need pay for their tuition. But more than the dollar amount is how that aid helps college students shape the rest of their lives.
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New study: Thousands of lives could be saved by reducing air pollution levels

July 24, 2019
The estimate of lives that could be saved by further reduction of air pollution levels is more than thirty thousand, which is similar to the number of deaths from car accidents each year.
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How you feel about your home is more important than the size

June 19, 2019
Although home environments affect the way many feel which, in turn, has the potential to influence family relationships, researchers at BYU recently found that how individuals perceive the space (too crowded or too spread out) in their homes has more of an effect on family functioning than actual characteristics, such as the size of the house or number of bedrooms.
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Helicopter parenting: Control vs. support makes all the difference

By Jayne Edwards
June 17, 2019
BYU researchers identify three different kinds of helicopter parents
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