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Intellect

What if you could spot skin cancer before it got too serious?

June 04, 2019
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. If you could visibly see signs of skin cancer on your body, would you be more likely to visit the doctor? A group of professors from BYU and the University of Utah asked that exact question as they looked for the most effective ways to influence people to screen themselves for cancer.
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Events

Patti LuPone and Itzhak Perlman Among Artists Headed to BYU for 2019-20 BRAVO! Season

May 06, 2019
BYU’s BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series will continue its mission to inspire and educate student and community audiences with a new season of guest artists, performers and ensembles that represent a wide range of backgrounds and genres.
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Character

Persistence pays off for 70-year-old film graduate

By Jayne Edwards
April 23, 2019
Every college student has moments of overwhelming stress, whether they are 23 years old or 70 years old. But in these moments, Rick Chestnut relies on the BYU Bell Tower.
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Intellect

BYU graphic design student tops national competition at CommandX

April 19, 2019
Writer: Douglas ThomasIf you thought your finals were stressful, imagine creating your final projects live, reality tv show–style, in front of three judges and thousands of your peers.
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Intellect

BYU multicultural advertising students recognized as nation’s ‘most promising’

By Alexa Reimschussel
March 19, 2019
Four BYU seniors in the School of Communication's advertising program — Lorien Pereyra, Pablo Perez, Erin Gazdik and Jessica Nugent -— were selected for the Most Promising Multicultural Students Program class of 2019 by the American Advertising Federation (AAF).
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Intellect

BYU professor’s film short gets Sundance premiere, wins Jury award

By Alexa Reimschussel
January 22, 2019
Less than one percent of submissions to the Sundance Film Festival gets accepted. This year alone, the committee selected a mere 112 pieces from more than 14,000 entries.
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Intellect

New documentary sparks conversation on dancing and ageism

By Alexa Reimschussel
December 02, 2018
Watching the recording of herself dancing, Pam Musil felt uneasy. Her technique wasn’t what it used to be. She thought to herself, “That’s what I look like dancing now? It feels so different from the inside.”
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Character

'Power player' flutist wins top national competition

By Alexa Reimschussel
October 24, 2018
Hands shaky and sweaty, BYU senior Catherine Boyack cleared her dry mouth. She lifted her flute and played. She had been working for months to polish her piece, but she knew it wasn’t her best performance. She left the stage of the convention hall defeated, believing she wouldn’t make it to the final round of the biggest competition of her career.
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Intellect

Fighting bad air quality with ... dance?

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
September 11, 2018
When Keely Song moved to Utah in 2016, she was jarred by what she called the “apocalyptic” talk about air quality during the state’s notorious inversions. So when BYU announced in November it would be providing free UTA passes to students, employees and their families, the dance professor had an idea.
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Intellect

'Wherever we are, that's who we are': 50-states docuseries explores place and identity

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
September 09, 2018
Update (July 1, 2020)
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Intellect

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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Intellect

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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Intellect

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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Character

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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Character

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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