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Daily Universe takes top national award

By Alexa Reimschussel
July 12, 2018
BYU's newspaper took the first-place general excellence award in the National Newspaper Association’s 2018 Better Newspaper Contest. The Universe received nine other national awards and 17 state awards in journalism.

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Intellect

AdLab takes best in show for 'One More Giant Leap'

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 15, 2018
For the second consecutive year, students from BYU’s AdLab have won best in show at the country's largest advertising competition.

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Digital lab lands students major clients

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
May 20, 2018
BYU's new digitial and social media agency has students completing real-world work for such clients as Pepsi Co. and Subaru.

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AdLab students win international prize and garner praise from top industry publications

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
March 21, 2018
With a video one judge called "so genius," BYU students beat out 500 other submissions to nab top prize at the ANDY awards.

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Retiring dance professor receives top cultural award in China

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
January 21, 2018
Jiamin Huang, who recently retired after more than 20 years in BYU’s Dance Department, is being recognized by her home country for contributions she made in enhancing cultural awareness between China and the United States.

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AdLab students create video aimed to help homeless during the holidays

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
December 21, 2017
BYU’s student-run ad agency created a compelling video to encourage the community to support the homeless during the holiday season.

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Intellect

The font you never realized was everywhere

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
October 23, 2017
In his new book, Never Use Futura, BYU design professor Douglas Thomas explores the cultural history and impact of the typeface you never knew you knew.

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Intellect

Wondering if that mole is cancerous? Look at illustrations, not photos

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
September 12, 2017
Melanoma kills more than 50,000 people worldwide annually. But because early detection dramatically improves prognoses, a BYU professor is working to help people better identify problematic moles.

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Relationship builder, selfie, town crier or window shopper: What kind of Facebook user are you?

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
July 04, 2017
BYU researchers asked people why they Facebook, then identified four categories of users.

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Intellect

BYU back to E3 with Nokbak

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 19, 2017
Nokbak is the third BYU-created video game in five years to be nominated as a finalist in E3’s College Game Competition.

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BYU ad students sweeping national and international awards shows

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 11, 2017
A team of BYU students took the top prize in the country’s most competitive student advertising competition — for a project they did not for a class or client, but for fun.

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Art at a different level

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
April 03, 2017
With her new exhibit, on display at the library through April 27, a BYU student living with dwarfism invites viewers to see the world through her eyes.
 

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Capturing the Magic of Mary Poppins

By Alec Sears
January 25, 2017
Outfitting the musical world's most iconic nanny requires creativity, engineering, and a spoonful of sugar.

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Intellect

Team up with innovative greats from centuries past

By Alec Sears
January 12, 2017
BYU’s new collaborative alternate reality game, designed to attract youth to STEM, lets teens join forces with a mysterious group of innovators to fight the destructive entity known as “S.”

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Intellect

Seeking spirituality in pop songs: BYU researchers identify criteria for ‘secular hymns’

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
January 11, 2017
"Don't Stop Believin'" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" are among the list of pop songs researchers say people are connecting to on a spiritual level. 

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What kind of selfie taker are you?

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
January 06, 2017
BYU grad-student research says taking and posting pictures of yourself doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a narcissist.

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BYU Hosts World-Famous Double Bass

By Alec Sears
January 03, 2017
One of the oldest double basses in the world has a rich musical history filled with ghost stories, international fame, an airplane accident and most recently, a six-week visit to BYU.

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BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts to Put On The Importance of Being Earnest Oct. 28–Nov. 5

October 19, 2016
This comic masterpiece untangles the double lives of two well-to-do society-gentlemen, both of whom have assumed the same alias in order to escape the doldrums of everyday life.

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