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Cougar Query: Gus Hart

June 13, 2023
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Brent Webb, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Intellect

Awards season 2023: BYU students honored with prestigious scholarships, first-place finishes

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
May 09, 2023
Rise and shout! Across various disciplines, BYU students are being recognized for their world-class accomplishments.
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Character

International student using her education to help cultivate change

By Kailey Marshall
April 26, 2023
Michella Kopti's experiences at BYU have taught her self-reliance and set her on an academic path to accomplish her goals. She feels grateful for the professors and mentors who took her under their wings and opened doors of opportunity for her.
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Intellect

BYU projects show how students are prepared to make an impact on the world

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 11, 2023
From developing creative ways to teach math to planting trees along the Provo River, recent scholastic and civic projects from BYU students prove that an education that integrates faith, emotion, and intellect produces leaders with devoted hearts and purposeful souls.
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Intellect

BYU students shine at 42nd College Television Awards with multiple top accolades

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 05, 2023
The Television Academy Foundation announced the winners of the 42nd College Television Awards or “Student Emmy’s” earlier this week and BYU students once again claimed the top spot in the best animation series and the best commercial.
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Intellect

Can AI predict how you'll vote in the next election?

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
March 27, 2023
BYU study proves artificial intelligence can respond to complex survey questions like a real human.
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Intellect

BYU acoustics capture the sound of NASA’s Artemis I launch

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
January 04, 2023
A BYU acoustics team, noted for studying the world's loudest sounds, shares its first-hand account of measuring audio levels during NASA's epic Artemis launch in November.
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Intellect

BYU student created video game wins international award

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
December 01, 2022
A new video game created and produced by BYU students recently received the “Highly Commended” award from the Rookie Awards – an international board that evaluates and ranks top video game design schools around the world. The award earned BYU the number five school in the world for game design and development.
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Intellect

BYU scientists collaborate with astronomers around the world to understand distant galaxy

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
October 04, 2022
BYU’s West Mountain Observatory was one of 37 ground-based telescopes throughout the world monitoring the active galaxy that is roughly 1 billion light years away.
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Intellect

BYU research debunks widespread spaceflight lore

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
August 30, 2022
When the Saturn V rocket propelled man to the moon in 1969, the blast from the rocket’s engines was tremendous. The monumental event gave rise to widespread claims that the acoustic force of the rocket melted concrete and ignited grass fires miles away. New research from BYU debunks this common myth.
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Intellect

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 names new interim dean, associate dean and department chairs

June 28, 2022
Academic Vice President Shane Reese announced new administrative appointments, including an interim dean, associate dean and five new department chairs. All these new hires are effective July 1.
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Intellect

Forum: It is a dangerous business, going into the laboratory

By Kailey Marshall
May 24, 2022
Dr. Paul B. Savage, the recipient of the 2021 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, delivered the forum to campus on Tuesday. He discussed some of the adventures and experiences he has had as a professor and researcher, and the concept that Heavenly Father has a great academic adventure planned for all of us.
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Intellect

BYU student’s research solves an icy dwarf planet mystery

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
May 09, 2022
The dwarf planet Haumea has befuddled modern scientists for years. New BYU research details the planet's creation and solves one of astronomy's puzzles.
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Intellect

BYU dean captures never before seen images inside living cells with innovative microscopy method

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 06, 2022
Thanks to the work of Dean Grant Jensen and his students, scientists are now learning much more about the structure and function of cells.
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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 Law leads list of BYU graduate programs moving up in U.S. News rankings

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
March 29, 2022
BYU Law has earned its highest U.S. News ranking to date, rocketing up six spots from last year and coming in at No. 23 in the 2023 Best Graduate School rankings released today. The Marriott School of Business once again ranks high and the BYU Nursing program makes a big jump.



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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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