Emily Hellewell

In the late 1800s, Robert Baden-Powell—a war hero, adventurer, actor and sometimes a spy—sat down with a pencil and paper and wrote out his idea of “scouting for boys.” That document, along with hundreds of others that show the worldwide development of scouting for girls and boys, is safely stored in the Scout Association Archive in Gilwell Park, England. For years, anyone wanting to research the origins and history of scouting needed to travel to the archive and work with the archivists.

Jenny Pattison hates cancer for killing her father. She's using that passion to find a cure for this disease. 

At the Devotional on Tuesday, Moore talked about how he could see that the view from a tower enabled a person to detect threats that could harm olive, fig and grape vineyards.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them a few simple questions about their work, interests and life. Today we meet David Moore, a J. Reuben Clark Associate Dean and Professor of Law.

Performance date and time: Saturday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. (Friday, Sept. 2, is sold out) Ticket prices: $40-75 Available at byutickets.com The Brigham Young University 2016-17 BRAVO! Professional Performing Arts Series opens Sept. 2 and 3, at 7:30 p.m., with two special performances from Leslie Odom Jr., Tony Award-winning star of the hit musical Hamilton. Odom makes his Utah concert debut—backed by a live band on a program of smooth jazz and classics from the American songbook—in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Odom was originally scheduled to perform only one night, but tickets immediately sold out for Friday’s performance. Tickets for the Saturday night performance are on sale now.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them a few simple questions about their work, interests and life. Today we meet Wade Hollingshaus, Chair of the Theatre and Media Arts Department. 

For decades, BYU Theatre and Media Arts Department Chair Wade Hollingshaus has been contemplating Samuel Beckett's poignant line, "[Y]ou’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that."

Most people have a loved one or acquaintance who is dealing with the heartache of Alzheimer's disease. For Keoni Kauwe, a professor of biology, that loved one was his grandmother, Hattie Serrao, he said at the Forum on Tuesday.

Our world is filled with differing views, opinions and philosophies, and, due to extraordinary advancements in technology, we have greater access to all of this information now than ever before.