Marriott School Of Business
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BYU’s next unicorn? Student startup “Zaymo” has won more than $900,000 in prize money this spring
Zaymo, with its e-commerce tool that embeds the online shopping experience within a customer’s email, took home $875,000 in total cash investments after taking third place at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition last month. This comes after winning the $30,000 grand prize at the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge earlier this year.
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Banks offer Black entrepreneurs inferior loans even when they are better qualified than peers
A newly published paper co-authored by a BYU business professor finds banks still offer Black customers inferior loan products and service, even when those Black customers have objectively stronger financial profiles and FICO scores than White customers.
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BYU grad programs shine in 2023-2024 edition of U.S. News rankings
Once again, BYU graduate programs shined in the newly released annual U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, with the J. Reuben Clark Law School earning its highest ranking to date.
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Awards season 2023: BYU students honored with prestigious scholarships, first-place finishes
Rise and shout! Across various disciplines, BYU students are being recognized for their world-class accomplishments.
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ChatGPT can’t ace this test, but experts think it soon will… What it means for teaching
An astonishing 327 co-authors from 186 educational institutions in 14 countries participated in a new BYU-led study testing the capacity of ChatGPT to handle university-level accounting exams. They contributed 25,181 classroom accounting exam questions to see if the bot could outscore students.
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BYU SIOY: Students across campus vie for big money to get innovative ideas off the ground
From products for ‘plant parents’ to AI-powered learning platforms for teachers, this year’s Student Innovator of the Year Competition covered a lot of ground. Held every year at BYU, SIOY showcases student innovators vying for bragging rights and cash to get their ideas off the ground.
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Family history knowledge helps American adolescents develop healthy sense of identity
A new BYU study found that adolescents who had the healthiest identity development — both a sense of connectedness to family and adherence to their own beliefs — also had high levels of family history knowledge.
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BYU business study: Key to innovation is fostering intellectual honesty
New research published this week from BYU Marriott School of Business professors Jeff Dyer and Taeya Howell finds that innovation can be hampered when organizations prioritize “psychological safety” at the expense of intellectual honesty.
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BYU research: Housing market prices, purchasing decisions being driven by unseen forces
As the supply of unsold housing increases in Utah — and across the nation — and as home prices continue to fall, new research coauthored by a BYU Marriott School of Business professor has discovered under-the-radar forces that are quietly impacting home pricing and purchasing decisions.
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How paperwork at the doctor's office can lead to medical misdiagnoses
While HIPAA privacy forms are supposed to assure patients that their personal information will be protected, new research from BYU and the University of Utah finds that they cause people to lie more about their medical history rather than feel more comfortable about sharing information.
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BYU Marriott School study shows when good corporate ratings are a bad thing
Everywhere you look, something or someone is being rated — that movie you’re thinking of seeing, the restaurant you might try, the president’s popularity this week. We don’t seem to agree on much right now, but we can all agree that a positive rating is good, and a negative rating is bad. Or can we?
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Devotional: "On deliverance"
Having a knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ can help with life's uncertainties.
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BYU study: Wearing a pedometer — even if you don’t look at it — may boost step counts
Almost half of American adults don’t meet recommended weekly physical activity levels, but new BYU research suggests a surprisingly simple way to help increase exercise time: just strap on an activity monitor.
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New healthcare leadership minor prepares BYU students to tackle industry challenges
BYU’s burgeoning Healthcare Leadership Collaborative (HLC) is a cross-campus organization that connects BYU students to an extensive network of healthcare industry experts, providing them with valuable experiential learning opportunities.
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Awards season 2022: BYU students reap scholarships, first-place finishes
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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When it comes to buying stuff, who do you trust to sell it: Government, nonprofits or for-profits? BYU study says...
Covid-19 tests were in short supply two months ago, but now testing options abound, from free tests mailed by the U.S. government to those available from pharmacies and nonprofit healthcare providers. All other factors being equal, is there an advantage to accessing a test through any one of these avenues?
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Praising essential workers is not just a good thing, it’s critical, BYU study finds
A new study from BYU, University of Arizona, Rider University and NYU finds essential workers who receive public praise are energized and recover in healthy ways from the stress of their jobs, while those who don’t receive that praise experience negative emotions and are more likely to drink, smoke or overeat to recover from work.
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BYU study: 'Every Kid Outdoors' program is increasing family hiking, but not for everyone
A recent study from BYU business and family studies professors finds that the U.S.’s Every Kid Outdoors program — which gives families with fourth graders free access to national parks for one year — is leading to an increased frequency of hiking with children.
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