Andrea worked at University Communications from 2016 to January 2019.
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BYU-created mini tool has massive potential
BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars’ atmosphere — and that’s just one of its myriad possible uses.
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How secure are your messages?
Researchers at BYU have learned that most users of popular messaging apps are leaving themselves exposed to hacking and fraud because they aren’t using important security options.
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Teaching without training
Despite efforts from No Child Left Behind to promote “highly qualified” teaching, BYU research shows that just 36 percent of new science teachers are teaching only in their trained subject.
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Relationship builder, selfie, town crier or window shopper: What kind of Facebook user are you?
BYU researchers asked people why they Facebook, then identified four categories of users.
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BYU back to E3 with Nokbak
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
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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Hottest known planet discovery published in Nature
The temperature of KELT-9b, whose discovery BYU researchers contributed to, is 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit — just shy of the temperature of our sun.
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To type or not to type? That isn't really the question.
Schoolchildren have become accustomed to digital communication — think texting — but haven’t necessarily learned to switch off the habits formed in casual communication when using digital media for academic purposes.
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Another student Emmy nom — this time with accompanying wedding bells
Taijitu, BYU's newest animation short, recently received a student Emmy nomination — the animation program's 19th since 2004.
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