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Awards season 2022: BYU students reap scholarships, first-place finishes

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
July 06, 2022
BYU students continue to make an impact in various fields of study – and they’ve got the hardware, awards and scholarships to prove it.
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Announcements

BYU announces plans to construct new Arts Building

June 06, 2022
The building will house academic, gallery and performance spaces for three departments.
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Character

From football to acting—BYU grad chasing dreams with new kind of performance

By Trevor Jones
April 19, 2022
As BYU senior and acting major Langi Tuifua prepares to graduate this week, he reflects on how life doesn’t always go as you might expect. Just a few years ago, no one could have imagined that he would be an actor on stage, even Tuifua.
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Character

Meet the BYU music grad who taught Cosmo to play the bell tower

By Christie Allen
April 14, 2022
Over the past four years, associate university carillonneur Amber Dahlberg has enjoyed what she calls “the best view” of BYU. From the carillon inside the top of the bell tower, the BYU student has performed hundreds of the university’s traditional 30-minute noon recitals, providing an inspiring campus soundtrack for students, staff and visitors going about their business.
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Intellect

BYU animation, AdLab students win Student Emmy awards

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
March 31, 2022
The Television Academy announced the winners of the 41st College Television Awards or “Student Emmy’s” last week and BYU students claimed the top spot in the best animation series and the best commercial.
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Intellect

BYU student film featured at the world’s largest children’s film festival

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
November 16, 2021
The film depicts a mother and daughter in the African country of Senegal who work hard to harvest salt by day and enjoy music by night. The short film masterfully highlights the importance of family and joy without the use of dialogue between characters.
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Intellect

The secret ingredient of organizational long-term success? Adapt to public expectations, says new BYU research

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
October 11, 2021
When an organization’s mission or actions are out of line with what people who have a stake in that organization expect, the legitimacy of the organization is called into question. This lack of legitimacy causes an organization’s stakeholders to perceive it as self-centered and untrustworthy.
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Intellect

Traits of a troll: BYU research examines motives of internet trolling

By Brenna Seeman
June 22, 2021
New BYU research recently published in the journal of Social Media + Society sheds light on the motives and personality characteristics of internet trolls.
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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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Events

BYU Performing Arts to offer week-long, free virtual performances

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 26, 2021
The daily live streams will feature the talented BYU Ballroom Dance Company, Living Legends, Vocal Point, Young Ambassadors, and the International Folk Dance Ensemble.
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Character

Awards Season 2021: Regardless of discipline, BYU students are taking home the hardware

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
April 13, 2021
From anthropology to graphic design, BYU students are winning their fair share of year-end awards for excellence in their field of study.


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Intellect

BYU Chamber Orchestra, Lea Salonga beat out stiff competition for BroadwayWorld award

By Christie Allen
September 09, 2020
A collaborative album between the BYU Chamber Orchestra and Broadway superstar Lea Salonga, “The Story of My Life: Lea Salonga Live from Manila,” recently received the 2020 BroadwayWorld Album Award for Best New EP/Solo Release.
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Intellect

BYU professors’ design projects featured in top graphic design journal

By Brenna Seeman
July 05, 2020
Two animated projects from BYU professor Brent Barson were recently accepted into the Communication Arts 2020 Design Annual, a prestigious graphic design journal. Out of the 2,900 total entries, just 126 were accepted.
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Intellect

BYU’s AdLab claims top spot in two national competitions this month

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
June 30, 2020
In addition to being one of the top programs in the country, BYU’s advertising department fosters an environment to talk about important issues.
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Intellect

Four BYU women honored with national Gracie Awards

By Brenna Seeman
May 22, 2020
BYU students took home HALF of the awards in the Television Student category.
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Intellect

Swashbuckling student-made video game takes home 2 first-place awards

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
May 14, 2020
Each year for the past five years, students at BYU’s Center for Animation have been tasked with creating an entire video game from concept to finished product. This spring, the latest team made history by creating the first game to win first place in two different categories at the Intel University Games Showcase.
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Character

BYU senior claims top spot at opera competition in NYC

March 03, 2020
BYU student Jonah Hoskins sang his way into $20,000 and a winner of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions this weekend, one of the most prestigious opera competitions for young adults.
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Intellect

BYU professor’s full-length film accepted to Sundance Film Festival

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
January 21, 2020
Robert Machoian Graham has seen four of his past films make it to Sundance. The latest marks the first time one of his full-length films has been accepted.
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